Tag: foreign content
Surveillance mandate breeds discontent among N. Korean party ranks
The North Korean authorities have ordered crackdowns on the distribution of "impure" South Korean media and foreign electronic documents, while pushing party members to...
N. Korean traders face growing losses as state inspections turn predatory
North Korean traders are reporting increasing losses of goods during state inspections of unofficial trade, Daily NK has learned.
"Traders in Hyesan who import from...
Not a single leaflet: N. Korea orders total blockade of South’s...
North Korean authorities have called for heightened vigilance among security personnel following recent alleged drone incidents over Pyongyang.
According to a Daily NK source in...
N. Korean youth secretly learn tech skills to access outside world
Despite strict controls, young North Koreans are increasingly seeking computer and information technology skills, driven by curiosity about the outside world.
A source in North...
N. Hamgyong Province intensifies crackdowns on consumption, distribution of foreign content
Crackdowns and inspections targeting the consumption or distribution of foreign content, including South Korean movies and dramas, have suddenly intensified in North Hamgyong Province...
Recent Kim Jong Un order equates “delusions about South Korea” with...
Rason's party committee recently instructed local party officials on the contents of an order from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un that equated "delusions...
N. Pyongan Province man arrested for watching S. Korean dramas
A North Pyongan Province man was recently arrested for watching South Korean dramas, Daily NK has learned.
According to a source in North Pyongan Province...
Daily NK acquires full text of the anti-reactionary thought law
Daily NK is the first news outlet to have acquired the full text of the “Reactionary Ideology and Culture Rejection Act of the Democratic...
Three Revolutions Team member arrested for spreading “reactionary thought and culture”
A Three Revolutions Team member at a logging camp in Pungso County, Yanggang Province, was arrested on Mar. 11 for “infecting the work team...
What crime put away most inmates at N. Korean forced labor...
People convicted of crimes related to watching or distributing illegal visual content accounted for the largest percentage of inmates at North Korean forced labor...
