Tag: electricity
N. Korean students face pressure to give expensive graduation gifts to...
As graduation day approaches, North Korean students are busily preparing gifts for their homeroom teachers. While the custom of giving graduation presents has taken...
N. Korea expands renewable energy focus in revised power station law
Daily NK has exclusively obtained the full text of North Korea's revised Act on Small and Medium-Sized Power Stations, revealing how the energy-starved nation...
N. Koreans dismiss Kim Jong Un’s latest anti-corruption drive as theater
North Korea is cracking down on corrupt provincial officials, but many people don't believe it is having much effect.
Multiple sources in North Korea told...
N. Korea orders 1.2-fold expansion of nuclear enrichment facilities
North Korea's Defense Industry Department has been expanding uranium enrichment facilities to boost weapons-grade nuclear material production since Jan. 20, Daily NK has learned.
According...
N. Korean schools too under-resourced to join technical education program
North Korea's recent initiative to boost technical education through a pilot program at select middle and high schools has hit an obstacle: most schools...
N. Korea’s green push: Mining and renewable energy expansion face local...
North Korea is ramping up mineral extraction and renewable energy projects in South Pyongan and South Hamgyong provinces, according to multiple sources. This initiative...
In Sinuiju, flood victims’ apartments shine through N. Korea’s darkness
North Korea's chronic power shortages leave most of the country in darkness at night, but new apartments housing flood victims in Sinuiju tell a...
In freezing coal country, North Korean women protest ‘useless’ coal collection...
Women in North Korea's coal country are furious about being forced to scavenge for coal fragments in freezing temperatures as part of a national...
Daily life interrupted as Pyongyang’s power shortage drags on
The power shortage in North Korea's capital Pyongyang remains severe, creating serious disruptions to daily life. Despite efforts to tap renewable energy sources like...
N. Korea orders tourism expansion in Chinese-Russian border region
North Korea is pushing to expand its tourism industry in North Hamgyong province to generate foreign currency despite international sanctions.
Last month, the central government's...
