Tag: ministry of social security
N. Korea’s national police agency issues directive to improve fire safety...
The Ministry of Social Security recently issued a directive to conduct fire safety inspections of relatively high-risk buildings and facilities for the month of...
N. Korean agencies join forces to intensify campaign against outside information
North Korea's major law enforcement agencies have been working together recently to develop and strengthen the judicial system, which was an agenda item at...
Bribery and flaws plague N. Korea’s border security inspections
North Korea is conducting inspections of border security facilities along its border with China, leading to frequent instances of border guard officers bribing inspection...
N. Korean man who caused panic before Putin’s visit arrested
A prisoner whose escape from a police station in Pyongyang's Sunan District caused panic just before the arrival of Russian President Vladimir Putin was...
Some N. Koreans avoid work as police informants due to no...
A source in North Hamgyong Province said on Monday that some people in Hoeryong have been avoiding becoming police informers lately.
Police in Hoeryong recently...
Ministry of Social Security Ensemble dancer takes her own life
A dancer of the Ministry of Social Security Ensemble recently took her own life, Daily NK has learned.
Speaking on condition of anonymity, a Daily...
Hoeryong police conduct bunker drills to prepare for war
Police officers in Hoeryong, North Hamgyong Province, underwent about two weeks of bunker drills in preparation for war earlier this month, Daily NK has...
N. Korean police officer murders wife after finding her cheating with...
A police officer in Chongjin, North Hamgyong Province, was arrested in late April for the murder of his wife, Daily NK has learned.
Speaking on...
N. Korea orders munitions factories to beef up security
North Korean authorities recently ordered major munitions factories to beef up security amid a surge in production and theft of raw materials, Daily NK...
North Korea halts import of used cars from China
North Korea's smuggling of used cars from China in Yanggang Province's city of Hyesan has been put on hold since the start of June,...
