Tag: investigation
Sunchon dog meat restaurant closure reveals North Korea’s utility shortages
A state-run dog meat restaurant in North Korea has been shut down after about 10 customers suffered food poisoning during the peak summer dining...
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...
North Korean woman’s drunken confession unravels years of police blackmail
A confession over drinks has unraveled a decade-long cover-up in North Korea, revealing that what authorities ruled an accidental death was actually a killing—and...
N. Korea investigates academic fraud at Kim Il Sung University
North Korean authorities are investigating academic fraud at Kim Il Sung University after discovering doctoral graduates falsely listed professors as thesis advisors who provided...
N. Korean officer investigated for selling home leave to soldier’s family
A North Korean political officer from a border guard unit in North Pyongan province is under investigation after allowing a soldier to go home...
N. Korean uranium plant ramps up operations under cover of darkness
Daily NK has obtained critical intelligence about North Korea's uranium processing facility in Pyongsan, located in North Hwanghae province.
According to sources, North Korea is...
Teen factory worker denounced over banned video
A public ideological struggle session was recently held at the Yomju Duck Farm in Yomju county, North Pyongan province, targeting a young worker who...
N. Korea cracks down on water park corruption
Prosecutors in Pyongyang have launched intensive inspections of the city's water parks as North Koreans flock to the facilities during the sweltering summer heat,...
N. Korea executes 23 defense workers in brutal crackdown
North Korea's state security department has taken an ultra-hardline stance against "counterrevolutionary acts" at munitions factories in Jagang province earlier this year.
Families of security...
Smuggled, expired, and deadly: Inside N. Korea’s contraceptive underground
Last year, Daily NK reported that black market merchants in Chongjin, North Hamgyong province, were secretly selling expired Chinese-made contraceptives to teenagers and young...
