Tag: medicine
North Korea issues heat wave rules as deaths surpass 100
North Korea's Cabinet held an emergency meeting and issued a detailed set of heat wave guidelines after the death toll from heat-related illness surpassed...
North Korea expands mandatory HIV testing to service workers
North Korea has expanded mandatory HIV testing beyond travelers entering and leaving the country. The policy now covers hotel, restaurant and department store workers...
North Korea ramps up Chinese medical equipment imports amid healthcare modernization...
North Korea is importing a growing volume of Chinese medical equipment as authorities push to modernize healthcare facilities nationwide, with demand for pharmaceutical packaging...
North Korea mobilizes medical students for herb collection drives
North Korea has mobilized medical students at universities across North Pyongan province to collect medicinal herbs, drafting them into a state-driven push to expand...
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...
