Tag: ministry of social security
South Hwanghae Province factory under probe for corruption
The Haeju Condiments Factory in South Hwanghae Province is under investigation by the authorities for corruption. It has been alleged that the factory graded...
Satellite imagery shows North Korea’s disappearing cemeteries
North Korean authorities have recently ordered the removal of burial sites as part of reforestation efforts. A review of satellite imagery shows the destruction...
Kaechon prison camp works its inmates to death
The North Korean authorities keep men and women serving life sentences in the Hamhung and Kaechon concentration camps in separate quarters in accordance with...
The truth behind Kim Jong Un’s “anti-reunification” policy
In January 2024, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made a major shift in state ideology. Since the division of the Korean peninsula in...
N. Korea’s local police offices hold meetings after national conference
City, county and district branches of the Ministry of Social Security were ordered to convene general assemblies of basic party branches and party cells...
N. Korean police crack down on non-socialist behavior on trains
The North Korean police have been deploying special teams to crackdown on illegal behavior on trains traveling between Pyongyang and other cities. In particular,...
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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Forced repatriations of N. Korean defectors in China continue into this...
Small-scale forced repatriations of North Korean defectors have taken place even after about 200 detectors who were locked up in Chinese prisons were sent...
Repatriated N. Korean defectors who interacted with Christians sent to political...
Some of the more than 200 defectors repatriated from China to North Korea last year are being held in political prison camps. Among the...
N. Korea installed facial recognition devices at major train stations during...
In 2021, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the North Korean government sought technologies that could help it better track the movements of...
