Tag: medicine
New Pyongyang hospital wins praise but trust remains elusive
Kangdong County Hospital in Pyongyang, which opened for business late last year, is getting positive reviews for facility quality, hygiene level and bedside manner....
Cold epidemic sweeps North Korea’s -30°C regions as poor can’t afford...
Temperatures in North Korea's northern regions have plunged to -30 degrees Celsius (-22 degrees Fahrenheit), and the number of people complaining of cold-like symptoms...
N. Korean clothing smugglers target wealthy buyers as ordinary consumers pull...
Clothing traders in Hyesan, Ryanggang province, are smuggling fall clothing from China and bringing in winter apparel samples to prepare for the cold season,...
Market chaos in N. Korea: Currency crisis devastates trade
A wave of inflation is crushing North Korean markets as exchange rates soar and the local currency plummets. The dollar's value has jumped 20-30%...
North Korea’s ‘free healthcare’ reality: Citizens turn to black market for...
North Korea promotes its free healthcare system as proof of socialism's superiority, but North Koreans say what they actually experience isn't "free healthcare" but...
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...
Woman dies from hospital-made IV drip in N. Korea, fueling medical...
A patient recently died at a city hospital in Hamhung after receiving a hospital-made IV drip. The incident has further eroded people's trust in...
Self-reliance in healthcare: N. Korean hospitals manufacture traditional remedies as drug...
Local hospitals across North Korea are actively manufacturing their own medicines following the regime's "self-reliance" directive.
According to a Daily NK source in North Pyongan...
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. Korean doctors face harsh punishment in public struggle session for...
Two North Korean doctors faced a public struggle session after being caught selling medicine supplied to their hospital.
"Two doctors at the Third Prevention Hospital...
