Tag: espionage
North Korea intensifies Chinese mobile phone crackdown ahead of half-year performance...
Security agents in North Korea's border regions have intensified efforts to catch people using Chinese mobile phones, enlisting ordinary citizens alongside informants to monitor...
North Korean defectors in China alarmed as Kuaishou messages reach police
Chinese authorities are monitoring North Korean defectors through Kuaishou, a popular Chinese short-video and messaging platform, raising alarm among defectors hiding in China.
According to...
China recruits North Korean defectors as informants to trap escape brokers
Chinese police are recruiting North Korean defectors living in China as informants and using them to infiltrate defector escape networks, leading to the arrest...
North Korea replaces all foreign student dormitory staff at Kim Il...
North Korea's ruling Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) central committee ordered a full replacement of staff managing foreign student dormitories at Kim Il Sung...
North Korea demands identity checks on Chinese trading partners in bid...
North Korea has ordered trade officials to submit detailed personal information on their Chinese business partners as part of a sweeping post-congress crackdown on...
China labels North Korean defectors as security threats under spy law...
China recently issued internal guidelines classifying North Korean defectors living in the country as potential national security risks.
A source in China told Daily NK...
N. Korean political prison population rises as cultural crackdowns intensify
The number of inmates in North Korea's political prison camps has increased slightly as authorities apply the "Reactionary Thought and Culture Rejection Law" and...
N. Korea cracks down on intranet usage after document theft incident
North Korean state security officials recently examined email usage, intranet access and file viewing records at government agencies and schools in North Pyongan province.
"The...
(Interview) Lee Jae-myung’s election raises hope for inter-Korean military agreement
A liberal president’s election in South Korea appears to have kindled a conciliatory mood among North Korean officials, as well as hope for improved...
Korea’s 2025 presidential race: Three visions for unification and national security
Why unification and North Korea policy define Korea's presidential election
As Korea approaches its presidential election on June 3, 2025, questions of national security and...
