Tag: Ministry of State Security
North Korea’s security agency hands down measure in response to US-ROK...
North Korea’s Ministry of State Security has recently issued to its regional branches emergency orders that correspond to a quasi-state of war. The orders...
Family of defector sent to political prison camp after being turned...
An entire family of a defector was recently sent to a political prison camp after a remittance broker reported them to Yanggang Province's Ministry...
Photo studios in Chongjin raided by the authorities
Daily NK has learned that security officials recently carried out a crackdown on photo studios in downtown Chongjin, seizing equipment such as computers and...
N. Korean authorities order state security agency to “secretly” arrest defectors...
With defections by North Koreans continuing despite Pyongyang’s sealing of the border to block COVID-19 from entering the country, North Korean authorities have reportedly...
N. Korean officials try to talk people out of selling information...
Daily NK has learned that North Korean authorities held "emergency" lectures in mid-October for people living along the Chinese border about preventing the "leakage...
N. Korean broker exiled for handling defector remittances
A North Korean broker who handled remittances sent from defectors in South Korea and other countries was recently banished to an area far from...
N. Korea focuses on ending ship-based smuggling on border
North Korean authorities recently ordered that ships travelling near the Sino-North Korean border must have a security official on board as part of efforts...
N. Korea moves to bolster technical expertise of security officials
North Korea recently created a new program in the country’s State Security University (SSU) to strengthen the technical expertise of Ministry of State Security...
Well-connected dollar trader in Chongjin arrested
A dollar trader in Chongjin, North Hamgyong Province, who is also the wife of a Department 11 agent, was recently arrested after a lengthy...
N. Korea uses “recorded calls” to better track down international callers
North Korea has recently begun to use recorded phone calls to improve efforts to track down international callers, Daily NK has learned.
“Signal detection units...
