Tag: families
Pyongyang elite face surprise electricity checks despite living in luxury apartments
North Korea is monitoring electricity usage in homes located in upscale high-rise apartments in elite neighborhoods of Pyongyang.
A Pyongyang source told Daily NK recently...
Pay to stay: N. Korean schools sell farmwork exemptions to students
North Korean schools are openly charging fees to excuse students from farmwork as the country's annual rice transplantation begins.
According to a source in South...
Pyongyang women shell out $300 monthly to dodge field work
Women in North Korea's capital city are competing intensely to join special "home industry" organizations that provide an official escape from mandatory farm work...
Remittances or ruin: N. Korean authorities target defectors’ families for remittance...
State security officers in Hoeryong have intensified pressure on defectors' families, forcing them to confess to receiving illegal remittances. Under relentless intimidation, many families...
N. Korean security officials extort money from defectors’ families
Security officials in North Korea's northern border city of Hoeryong are pressuring families of defectors to confess receiving money from relatives abroad and surrender...
S. Korean cosmetics gain popularity among middle-class N. Korean women
North Korean women are now sacrificing basic necessities to acquire South Korean cosmetics, once accessible only to the wealthy elite.
According to a source from...
Hunger trumps trees: N. Koreans uproot state reforestation for food crops
As North Korea's spring tree-planting season reaches its peak, residents in Ryanggang province are removing newly planted trees to grow food crops instead. This...
N. Korea tightens control over students abroad with new security measures
North Korea is revising its guidelines for monitoring students studying abroad, with authorities emphasizing the critical importance of controlling overseas scholars.
A source in North...
Spring greens season draws N. Koreans to mountains as schools empty
North Koreans are flocking to fields and mountains as the spring greens season gets into full swing. In the mountainous regions of South Pyongan...
Privilege and fashion: How N. Korea’s elite children copy Kim Jong...
North Korean students, particularly those from privileged backgrounds, are increasingly imitating the style of Kim Ju Ae, daughter of leader Kim Jong Un. Parents...
