Tag: food shortages
North Korean troops face deadly risks building border defenses
Morale is plummeting among North Korean military units laying mines and building walls along the front line of the inter-Korean border. The government-ordered construction...
One N. Korean worker’s tale of exploitation and desperation in China
In the fall of 2020, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, a Chinese middle manager approached Yong-hee (pseudonym), a North Korean worker in...
N. Koreans hopeful that Putin visit will help improve their lives
North Koreans have expressed hope that the recent visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin will improve their lives, Daily NK has learned.
"People in North...
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...
Refused asylum to S. Korea, N. Korean defector dies on the...
As the world lived in fear of COVID-19 in the year 2020, a North Korean (identified here as "A") managed to escape from a...
N. Korea completes almost 70% of rice transplanting as of early...
Amid the travails of a chronic food shortage, North Korea has identified increasing grain production as its top economic priority for the year and...
The story of one N. Korean woman’s tragic death in a...
One day in early 2019, a public trial took place in front of the Provincial Performing Troupe Plaza in North Pyongan Province.
That day, five...
N. Korean defector families in Yanggang Province face constant surveillance
The families of North Korean defectors are being watched very closely by North Korean state security agents in the rural border region of Yanggang...
Kaechon prison camp works its inmates to death
The North Korean authorities keep men and women serving life sentences in the Hamhung and Kaechon concentration camps in separate quarters in accordance with...
N. Korea hands out eight months’ worth of rations to major...
North Korea has recently provided workers at eight major munitions factories in Pyongyang, North Pyongan Province, and other areas of the country with eight...
