Tag: electricity

North Korea is urging its people to help fund the construction of solar farms across the country, multiple sources inside the DPRK recently told...

Pyongyang may be described in North Korean propaganda as the “capital of the revolution,” but it does not have a steady supply of electricity....

Students who recently sat for a Kangwon Distance Learning University entry exam had to retake the test after power outages shut down the remotely...

Pyongyangites often suffer inconveniences because of subway, railless trolley bus and tram breakdowns due to shortages of electricity and parts, a source in the...

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,...

South Pyongan Province is dedicating resources to build a medium-sized power plant in Tokchon in an attempt to resolve shortages of electricity, Daily NK...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un recently ordered the Ministry of Atomic Energy Industry to visit two or three candidate sites for the construction...

North Korean authorities recently ordered a tough crackdown on the sales of foreign-made and privately produced electronic equipment in local markets and is moving...

Six people in Yanggang Province’s Daehongdan County who earned money by siphoning off electricity from the national grid were recently put on public trial,...

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...