Tag: informant
N. Korea orders police to intensify public surveillance under guise of...
North Korea's Ministry of Social Security has ordered local police boxes nationwide to intensify "mass educational activities," a move that signals tighter surveillance of...
N. Korea’s failed whistleblower system: Informants left unprotected
North Korea's Public Reporting System Law encourages overseas workers to report their colleagues' illegal activities, but the system has proven ineffective due to inadequate...
Turf war: Inside N. Korea’s crackdown on money brokers
A recent incident in Hamhung revealed tensions between the Ministry of State Security and Ministry of Social Security as they competed to arrest a...
Triple tragedy strikes North Korean doctor after home purchase
A radiologist in his 30s at the Munitions Factory No. 26 Clinic in Kanggye, Jagang province, recently lost his home, his fortune and his...
Listening in: N. Korea orders transcripts of citizens’ phone calls
North Korea's Ministry of State Security has ordered the compilation of transcripts of recorded public telephone conversations to gauge public sentiment. The directive, which...
Some N. Koreans avoid work as police informants due to no...
A source in North Hamgyong Province said on Monday that some people in Hoeryong have been avoiding becoming police informers lately.
Police in Hoeryong recently...
North Korea responds to Daily NK’s whistleblower report
After Daily NK reported through a whistleblower in late January on the misdeeds of Choi Sung Chol, a North Korean state security officer based...
N. Korea’s security agency executes China-based informant
A North Korean informant in China was recently recalled by the Ministry of State Security (MSS) and executed in early February, Daily NK sources...
