Tag: hwasong

North Korea is cracking down on public smoking in Pyongyang. "The Pyongyang party committee and people's committee issued joint orders on June 7 launching an...

North Korea is monitoring electricity usage in homes located in upscale high-rise apartments in elite neighborhoods of Pyongyang. A Pyongyang source told Daily NK recently...

A car rental service that North Korea is testing in Pyongyang's Hwasong district has been well-received by both business owners and young people. Young...

North Korea has begun piloting car rental services in Pyongyang's Hwasong district, signaling efforts to develop new service industries. Former vehicle repair centers are transforming...

Attendees at the April 15 opening ceremony for Pyongyang's Hwasong housing development were later summoned by police to write self-criticism letters after violating strict...

North Korea is racing to slap together the final 10,000 apartments of its ambitious five-year housing project in Pyongyang, with state media breathlessly reporting...

North Korea is extracting sand from the lower Taedong River for state construction projects, with some being smuggled into China, according to an anonymous...

N. Korean farmer takes life after flood destroys crops In a tragic incident in North Korea's North Hamgyong province, a woman in her 50s took...

The populations of North Korea's infamous political prison camps, long criticized as hotbeds of human rights violations, has decreased by about 9,000 inmates compared...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has given orders to stabilize the power supply on Rimhung Street in Pyongyang's Hwasong district, where a large...