Tag: mobile phones

With imports rising following the recent expansion of trade between North Korea and China, North Korean authorities have launched a crackdown on the illegal...

News of a North Korean soldier's recent defection to the South is quietly spreading among people living along the North Korea-China border. Due to...

North Korea is launching an app-based system for rice distribution, with grain vouchers added to an electronic payment app on a trial basis in...

North Korea has introduced automated call menus for banking customer service as the regime expands electronic payments to control the informal economy. Daily NK obtained...

Families of North Korean defectors have suffered significant financial losses after state security officers in Musan county, North Hamgyong province, arrested an illegal remittance...

Pyongyang's Hwasong district is home to a LAN gaming center that's open to the public, but North Korean authorities maintain strict oversight of every...

North Korean young people are engaging in a dangerous cat-and-mouse game with authorities as they continue secretly consuming South Korean media despite increasingly strict...

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%...

A public struggle session was held earlier this month in Mundok county, South Pyongan province, targeting a person caught with South Korean video material. "A...

State security agents in North Korea's border region are ramping up efforts to catch Chinese mobile phone users ahead of their upcoming quarterly performance...