Tag: hoeryong
Satellite imagery reveals nighttime lights at North Korea’s Camp 22
North Korea's political prison camps - which the regime denies even exist - are referred to by their number, as in Camp XX. According...
Soaring grain prices put people under more pressure in Hoeryong
Grain prices have recently been soaring at markets in the city of Hoeryong, in North Hamgyong Province, putting North Koreans under even more financial...
Hoeryong remittance brokers offer services to defector families
Some remittance brokers in Hoeryong have recently approached the families of defectors offering to put them in touch with relatives in South Korea and...
Why are North Koreans avoiding the upper floors of newly built...
People in Chongjin and Hoeryong are avoiding the upper floors of newly built high-rise apartments due to various inconveniences, Daily NK has learned.
"The high-rise...
Unfounded rumors lead some N. Koreans to cancel weddings this year
A number of North Korean weddings have recently been delayed or canceled for superstitious reasons, Daily NK has learned.
"A rumor is circulating in Chongjin...
Poisoned N. Korean elderly couple revived through narcotics
An elderly couple in Kyongwon County, North Hamgyong Province, was brought to consciousness with the help of narcotics after collapsing from carbon monoxide poisoning,...
Chongjin renews crackdown on rampant “superstitious behavior”
With superstitious behavior such as fortune-telling running rampant, authorities in Chongjin recently launched a campaign to eliminate superstitious practices, Daily NK has learned.
Speaking on...
N. Korea is still carrying out secret executions of alleged spies,...
North Korea’s Ministry of State Security is still carrying out secret executions of people involved in espionage or other “special crimes,” Daily NK has...
Suspected COVID-19 cases appear to be on the rise in Hoeryong
North Korea continues to put out daily statistics indicating declining fever cases, but in certain regions of the country, suspected cases of COVID-19 appear...
Hoeryong authorities cremated around 20 bodies in late May
Amid reports of people dying of starvation in North Korea, disease control officials in Hoeryong cremated about 20 dead bodies in late May.
“A corpse...
