Tag: electricity shortages
Pyongyang still suffers from unreliable power supply
Pyongyang may be described in North Korean propaganda as the “capital of the revolution,” but it does not have a steady supply of electricity....
Special supply of electricity given to 80-story apartment in outlying neighborhood...
A special supply of electricity was recently given to the elevator in an 80-story apartment in Pyongyang's Songhwa neighborhood, thrilling residents of the complex,...
Jongju Refinery experiences production difficulties due to raw material and power...
Jongju Refinery, a major base of production in North Korea for nonferrous metals, is reportedly experiencing production difficulties due to raw material shortages.
A source...
N. Korea demands military clinics reduce energy use
As North Korea continues to face electricity shortages, North Korea's General Political Bureau (GPB), which exerts political control over the North Korean military, recently...
Prominent N. Korean military university faces power shortages
North Korea’s electric power crisis has impacted not just the Korean People’s Army, but also North Korea’s main institution in the development of strategic...
N. Korea curbs electricity use in military hospitals
On Nov. 5, North Korean authorities ordered its army to minimize the electricity consumption of military hospitals as well as during its winter training...
Electricity quota violators face punishment in North Korea
North Korean authorities are publicly denouncing and punishing people who use more electricity than they’re allotted, Daily NK has learned. This was confirmed by...
N. Korea is wasting time with calls for self-reliance and frugality
Subsequent to the recently failed negotiations between North Korea and the US, North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un has called on his nation to...
N. Korea’s largest fertilizer complex no longer operational
Production at North Korea’s largest fertilizer plant, the Hungnam Fertilizer Complex, has halted and its workers have been sent to work on other projects,...
Daily NK Snapshots from North Korea
North Korea's thermal power plant renovations treat symptoms, not root cause of chronic power outages (Mun Dong Hui)
Officials in North Korea recently commenced large-scale...
