Tag: healthcare
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,...
Five reasons the Korea Hana Foundation should not run Hana Centers
The Yoon Suk-yeol administration is promoting resettlement support for North Korean defectors as one of the central items on its political agenda. This issue...
Was Ipo Village really ground zero for N. Korea’s COVID outbreak?
In early June 2022, a man surnamed Choe, the chief of the military medical department of the Second Division of the First Corps -...
N. Korean medical device factory investigated after string of malfunctions
North Korean authorities recently launched an investigation at the Myohyangsan (Mount Myohyang) Medical Applicances Factory after it was found that medical devices distributed to...
N. Korea orders nationwide building of state-run pharmacies
North Korea has recently ordered provinces, cities and counties nationwide to build state-run general pharmacies, Daily NK has learned.
A source in North Hamgyong Province...
N. Korea begins annual inspection of hospitals in the provinces
North Korea recently informed authorities in the country's provinces that the Ministry of Public Health will begin hospital inspections on Sept. 13, Daily NK...
