Tag: family
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...
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...
Starting young: N. Korean textbook reveals indoctrination of kindergarteners
Daily NK has obtained a 2022 kindergarten textbook published by North Korea's Education Newspaper that reveals how the regime shapes young minds through political...
N. Koreans abuzz over rare footage of Kim Yo Jong with...
A recent television broadcast showing Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, walking with two children has sparked widespread interest...
N. Korea intensifies crackdown on unmarried couples living together
North Korean authorities have launched an aggressive campaign against unmarried couples living together, declaring such arrangements a symptom of "decadent capitalist culture." This crackdown...
Split families face new scrutiny as N. Korea labels South ‘hostile...
North Korea has directed officials to revise documents relating to families split between North and South Korea and mandated ideological training for these families,...
N. Korea’s South Pyongan leads push to combat falling birth rate
North Korea's South Pyongan province is spearheading efforts to boost the country's declining birth rate by prioritizing state benefits for families with multiple children.
The...
Unjong Tea: N. Korea’s luxury beverage popular among young people
Unjong Tea, North Korea's leading tea drink, has gained considerable popularity among young students due to the variety of products available and aggressive marketing...
N. Korea’s Central Committee officials seek out female instrumentalists as daughters-in-law
Officials of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea prefer female instrumentalists as daughters-in-law, Daily NK has learned.
The number of engagements or...
Divorce in N. Korea is considered “abnormal behavior”
Divorce is considered abnormal behavior in North Korea, and children whose parents split up are often ostracized by their peers or discriminated against by...
