Tag: medication
North Korean students sacrifice studies to work odd jobs for family...
Many North Korean students take on odd jobs such as making coal briquettes or transporting their parents' market goods due to hardships at home....
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,"...
Provincial officials target sericulture station for false reporting
The sericulture management agency of South Hwanghae province's people's committee singled out a sericulture station in Chaeryong county for criticism during its general review...
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...
Even in Pyongyang, North Koreans seek illegal home medical care
Illegal home medical treatments are widespread not only in North Korea's provinces but even in the capital Pyongyang. The main reason is that official...
N. Korea prescribes ‘self-reliance’ instead of vaccines amid disease outbreak
Despite a recent surge in infections, North Korea is emphasizing self-reliance rather than implementing practical measures such as distributing vaccines. In response, doctors and...
Amid flu surge, N. Koreans skip doctors for self-prescribed medicines
North Korea is experiencing a surge in influenza cases, but rather than seeking medical care, many residents are turning to self-prescribed medicines from local...
The impact of N. Korea’s harsh lockdown of Onsong County in...
In the summer of 2022, North Korean authorities imposed a strict lockdown in Onsong County, North Hamgyong Province, to prevent the spread of the...
Waterborne diseases on the rise in South Pyongan Province
Amid the spread of acute intestinal infections in South Hwanghae Province, waterborne illnesses are spreading through South Pyongan Province as well, Daily NK has...
