North Pyongan Province sits at the northwestern corner of North Korea, bordering China’s Liaoning province along the Yalu River. Home to Sinuiju — the DPRK’s primary land border crossing with China — North Pyongan province is one of the most strategically and economically significant regions in the country. Daily NK covers North Pyongan province through reports on cross-border trade and smuggling, provincial party politics, economic conditions, and the daily lives of residents in Sinuiju and surrounding areas. Our sources in the region provide ground-level reporting on a province that serves as North Korea’s primary window to the outside world.
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North Korea’s rice prices fall for the first time in two...
North Korean market prices are showing signs of cooling in 2026. The price of domestically grown rice fell for the first time in more...
As won crashes, rural North Koreans rush to buy dollars
A growing number of people in rural North Korea are converting their spare cash into U.S. dollars or Chinese yuan, as fears grow that...
Sinuiju flooding stalls North Korea-China cargo trade for days
Heavy rain in Sinuiju has disrupted cross-border cargo truck traffic between North Korea and China, further cooling Chinese investment sentiment that had been building...
North Korea’s Sinuiju underwater again as drainage system fails
Sinuiju, the North Pyongan province city that suffered catastrophic flood damage in the summer of 2024, is underwater again, this time because a short...
North Korean teens flock to ‘dance tutoring’ inspired by slick pop...
So-called "dance tutoring" is becoming popular among North Korean teenagers, as slick performance videos of singers dancing in formation with dynamic choreography catch young...
Sinuiju youths sentenced to labor training over foreign videos
Four unemployed young men in Sinuiju, North Pyongan province, were sentenced to labor training after North Korean authorities caught them watching South Korean and...
As smugglers vanish from North Korea’s border, security agents’ lifestyles take...
North Korea's crackdown on smuggling along its border with China has cut off a key source of side income for state security agents who...
North Korea foreign trade shifts to state control
North Korea is overhauling its foreign trade system to route transactions only through official state trade organizations this year. Authorities have banned individual traders...
North Korea garment factories draw women with pay, perks
Growing garment subcontracting trade between North Korea and China is pulling young women into export garment factories in cities including Sinuiju, Nampo and Pyongyang...
North Korea rice prices hit 17-year high as corn costs surge
Rice prices in North Korea climbed to their highest level since the country's 2009 currency redenomination in mid-August 2026, according to Daily NK's latest...
