Tag: party officials
Breaking links: N. Korea briefs public on inter-Korean road demolition
North Korea is holding public lectures on the demolition of major inter-Korean road links along the Seoul-Uiju and east coast corridors.
According to a source...
Smile at your peril: N. Korea assesses ideological weaknesses of Olympics...
North Korean athletes who competed in the Paris Summer Olympics are being scrutinized for any ideological shortcomings in Pyongyang, Daily NK has learned.
Speaking anonymously,...
N. Korea’s prostitution crackdown faces significant challenges
North Korea is issuing more brutal punishments for prostitution, but pimps often bribe the police and other officials to look the other way.
Speaking anonymously,...
N. Korean flood evacuee talks about challenges he faces
Record-setting rains last month have forced many North Koreans, particularly those in the border areas of North Pyongan province, to seek refuge in communal...
N. Korea intensifies efforts to purge party ranks of “impure” elements
In a ruthless crackdown on dissent, North Korea has intensified its purge of party ranks this year, condemning officials who challenge state or party...
N. Korean lecture materials promote shift to Russian satellite for broadcasts
Following North Korea's switch from China's ChinaSat 12 to the Russian Express 103 for foreign satellite broadcasting of Korean Central Television, the regime's propaganda...
Yanggang Province organizes re-education program for party officials
The Yanggang Province Party Committee is organizing a re-education program for all party officials in the province, Daily NK has learned.
"The provincial party committee...
North Korea’s new Kim Jong Un solo badge is significant
North Korea's Korean Central TV broadcast news of the second day of the Eighth Party Central Committee's 10th Plenary Session on June 30, showing...
N. Korea’s new campus for elite party school is nearing completion
North Korea is busy completing the construction of buildings on the new campus for the Central Cadres Training School, which is responsible for training...
Controversy grows in N. Korea over disparity in grain prices
The huge disparity between the prices at which ruling party officials and ordinary people buy grain is causing controversy. The general public pays more...