Tag: healthcare
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...
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...
Self-reliance in healthcare: N. Korean hospitals manufacture traditional remedies as drug...
Local hospitals across North Korea are actively manufacturing their own medicines following the regime's "self-reliance" directive.
According to a Daily NK source in North Pyongan...
No hospital, no hope: Maternal death highlights rural healthcare gap in...
A woman in Ryanggang province died from blood loss while giving birth at home after eight months of pregnancy. The tragedy occurred because, as...
Pyongyang’s model: N. Korean province rushes to upgrade medical and educational...
South Pyongan province is implementing North Korean ruling party directives to enhance its medical and educational systems following Pyongyang's model, Daily NK has learned.
"In...
Free flu shots in N. Korean city highlight urban-rural healthcare divide
Free flu vaccines are being distributed in Hoeryong, North Hamgyong province, but a Daily NK source reports this program highlights medical inequality, with services...
N. Korea targets medical facilities in crackdown on fake certificates
North Korean authorities in North Hamgyong province have launched a crackdown on medical facilities issuing fraudulent medical certificates in exchange for bribes. The clampdown...
Patient death in Pyongyang exposes healthcare system crisis
A patient's death during a routine appendectomy in Pyongyang has sparked public discussion about the deteriorating conditions in North Korea's healthcare system. The incident,...
Surprise healthcare audit creates chaos in North Korean hospitals
Healthcare workers in North Hamgyong province are unsettled by a surprise audit of the medical sector ordered by the government.
According to a source in...
N. Koreans scoff at government’s salt water remedy
North Korean authorities are urging citizens to gargle with salt water daily as a disease prevention measure during their September-October sanitation campaign. Locals, however,...
