Tag: hospital
Protein deficiency causes muscle atrophy and hair loss among North Korean...
Spreading malnutrition among children is becoming a major social issue in North Korea, with three orphans at a school in Pyongsong recently dying after...
North Korea launches multi-child family inspection campaign as officials visit homes...
North Korea's Central Committee has ordered provincial party committees to pay special attention to families with multiple children, dispatching "visitation teams" to homes to...
Desperate North Koreans sell blood for food as hunger crisis deepens
As North Korea endures a severe food shortage, desperate North Koreans have been selling their blood, a practice that has surged recently after the...
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...
Wonder drugs no more: N. Korea’s health supplement market turns to...
A health supplement revolution is quietly taking hold among North Korea's elite. Disillusioned with counterfeit "medicines from Ponghwa" that people mockingly call "rabbit dung,"...
N. Korea cracks down on illegal breast augmentation surgeries in Pyongyang
The Ministry of Social Security recently ordered an emergency crackdown after medical complications from illegal breast augmentation surgeries in Pyongyang began surging.
"Medical complications from...
NK army orders water tests following health crisis
North Korea's Ministry of Defense has launched drinking-water quality tests ahead of the Korean People's Army's regular summer exercises set to start in July,...
North Korea plans medical cooperation expansion with China, Russia
North Korea plans to expand medical cooperation with allied countries, including dispatching a clinical research team centered on surgical specialists to China and Russia...
Woman dies from hospital-made IV drip in N. Korea, fueling medical...
A patient recently died at a city hospital in Hamhung after receiving a hospital-made IV drip. The incident has further eroded people's trust in...
