Tag: mobilization

North Korean authorities are cracking down on corruption in workplace assignments for technical high school graduates, aiming to prevent wealthy and powerful families from...

Marketplaces in parts of North Korea continue operating only in the afternoon, months after the official reason for shorter hours has ended. While some view...

A neighborhood office in Chongam district, Chongjin, North Hamgyong province, is forcing people to participate in mandatory labor in the second half of the...

Students at a senior middle school in Taechon county, North Pyongan province, are being mobilized en masse to clear weeds at a nearby Air...

Students mobilized to farms in North Pyongan province's Yomju county have returned home after completing rice planting season. Unlike previous years, work team and...

Day labor markets have boomed across North Korea as farming season drives up demand for workers at collective farms and various agency support farms. A...

North Korean authorities have drastically hiked market taxes in several regions, driving merchants away from official markets and toward underground commerce. According to a Daily...

North Korean authorities imposed strict travel controls during last month's rice-planting mobilization, with numerous people sent to labor camps after being caught traveling without...

North Korean market prices are soaring again, with both grain prices and foreign exchange rates hitting record highs and driving continued volatility. According to Daily...

Daily NK has obtained a photo of a work site at a North Korean detention facility where wigs are manufactured under contract. The photo...