Tag: gold
More than a dozen people killed in S. Hamgyong Province mine...
Over a dozen North Korean civilians and soldiers who had been transferred from winter military exercises to work in a gold mine lost their...
Yanggang Province arrests gang that allegedly sold gold from Taebong Mine
Prosecutors in Yanggang Province recently arrested a gang accused of extracting and selling gold from ore illegally acquired from Taebong Mine.ย
A source in Yanggang...
N. Korea arrests members of a gold smuggling ring in Hyesan
The Yanggang Province branch of the Ministry of State Security recently arrested several members of North Korea's wealthy entrepreneurial class, or donju, for smuggling...
Central Committee “letter of appeal” targets gold smuggling on border
A โletter of appealโ recently distributed by North Koreaโs Central Committee has called on officials in the Sino-North Korean border region to be more...
Gold smuggler arrested on Sino-North Korean border
A North Korean smuggler attempting to move more than 50 kilograms of gold into China was recently arrested near the border along with two...
N. Korean gold smugglers arrested near the Sino-NK border
Two North Koreans from South Hwanghae Province were recently arrested after sneaking into Hyesan, Ryanggang Province, to smuggle gold across the Sino-North Korean border,...
Locals flock to Taebong Mine to make extra money
Many people in Ryanggang Province have been flocking to an area around Taebong Mine to pan for gold and tungsten, Daily NK has learned.
The...
Daily NK Snapshots from North Korea
Daily NK Snapshotsย are synopses of select articles from our Korean website. Snapshots provide a window into the Daily NKโs reportingโdomestic news items that are...
