Tag: hamhung
Hamhung pharmacy college cracks down on campus dating with vague directive
Hamhung College of Pharmacy in South Hamgyong province recently issued a warning to students about campus dating, ordering them to date in an "experienced...
Abandoned babies found in N. Korean countryside amid worsening rural conditions
Several cases of infant abandonment have emerged across North Korea in recent months, with babies being discovered in remote rural areas of the country.
Multiple...
N. Korean market vendors go days without sales as economic crisis...
Some vendors at North Korean marketplaces are struggling to make a living, sometimes going days without a single sale. Business has collapsed due to...
N. Korea cracks down on ‘I love you’ as decadent expression
North Korea has stepped up crackdowns on young people's love letters, condemning the phrase "I love you" as a sign of "decadent lifestyles."
Officials from...
N. Korea links nursery support to performance reviews, spurring competition
North Korea is promoting a nursery support program, with local organizations and officials eagerly participating because program success factors into their own performance reviews.
"August...
N. Korea’s LAN gaming center offers entertainment under strict surveillance
Pyongyang's Hwasong district is home to a LAN gaming center that's open to the public, but North Korean authorities maintain strict oversight of every...
Market vendors in N. Korea resort to fee evasion as economic...
Struggling market vendors in Hamhung, South Hamgyong province, have begun deliberately avoiding their stalls during fee collection times as poor sales make it difficult...
North Korea’s ‘free healthcare’ reality: Citizens turn to black market for...
North Korea promotes its free healthcare system as proof of socialism's superiority, but North Koreans say what they actually experience isn't "free healthcare" but...
Red Youth Guard training leaves student with severe infection, no medical...
Injuries during Red Youth Guard entry training in South Hamgyong province are going untreated, a source in North Korea told Daily NK recently.
In early...
Falsified weights spark daily confrontations in N. Korea’s markets
Tensions have grown between buyers and sellers in North Korea's markets as more merchants falsify the weight of their goods.
"In Hamhung's Sapo Market and...
