Tag: kangwon province
N. Korea moves to increase public confidence in banking system
Four months have passed since North Korea launched what it calls its "20×10 regional development policy." Kim Jong Un personally unveiled the project, which...
N. Korea’s demolition of Mount Kumgang’s S. Korean facilities appears to...
The unauthorized demolition of South Korean facilities at the Mount Kumgang tourism area and Kosong Port in Kangwon Province, which is part of North...
N. Korean band of robbers put on trial in Wonsan
A band of robbers operating in Wonsan, Kangwon Province, was recently arrested and put on public trial in early April, Daily NK has learned.
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N. Korean veteran disappears after speaking out against harsh COVID protocols
In autumn 2020, when North Korea implemented broad-ranging nationwide lockdowns in response to COVID-19, North Koreans faced limits in everything they did. Doing business...
Kangwon Province ordered to speed up development of Mount Kumgang tourism...
Kangwon Province has been ordered by the North Korean cabinet to speed up the development of the Mount Kumgang tourism area, Daily NK has...
Kangwon Province military unit tests officers’ ideological loyalty
The political department of an army unit based in Chorwon County, Kangwon Province, has been sending agents disguised as civilians to the homes of...
N. Korea hands out bonuses to some workers at the end...
Some factories and companies in North Korea paid workers "socialist competition assessment bonuses" late last year to encourage an increase in production, Daily NK...
N. Korea’s distribution of gifts for Kim Jong Il’s birthday saw...
North Korea distributed holiday gifts to cadres of party and government organizations on the Day of the Shining Star (Feb. 16, Kim Jong Il's...
Kangwon Province orders party members to “take care” of Korean-Japanese descendants
In the run-up to the Feb. 8 holiday commemorating the founding of the North Korean army, the Kangwon Province Party Committee ordered party officials...
Was Ipo Village really ground zero for N. Korea’s COVID outbreak?
In early June 2022, a man surnamed Choe, the chief of the military medical department of the Second Division of the First Corps -...
