Tag: prison
Uncle Sam says ‘no thanks’ to N. Korean vacations
The U.S. State Department has updated its travel advisory for North Korea with even stronger language, now explicitly telling Americans: "Do not travel to...
Tragedy in Hoeryong: Mother left destitute after daughter sent to political...
A woman in her 50s from Hoeryong, North Hamgyong province, is traveling to various locations across North Korea where political prison camps are believed...
Curiosity and consequences: Young N. Koreans risk prison for S. Korean...
North Korea has recently intensified television inspections in the border city of Haeju to ensure locals are keeping their channels locked and avoiding South...
Invisible prison: N. Korean defectors’ families face intensifying surveillance
Surveillance of North Korean defectors' relatives by security agencies is intensifying. One defector's family attempted to travel to the border region for a relative's...
N. Korea orders police to intensify public surveillance under guise of...
North Korea's Ministry of Social Security has ordered local police boxes nationwide to intensify "mass educational activities," a move that signals tighter surveillance of...
N. Korea intensifies surveillance of ‘dangerous elements’ in border city
North Korean authorities have intensified surveillance of neighborhood watch units at the border with China, with particularly harsh monitoring of individuals designated as "dangerous...
N. Korean officials face public trial for embezzling from state tideland...
North Korean officials who embezzled funds from tideland reclamation projects were recently put on public trial, Daily NK has learned.
"Officials involved in tideland development...
Police raids target illegal alcohol production across North Korea
North Korea has launched a nationwide crackdown on illegal alcohol production, threatening the livelihoods of many who depend on bootlegging.
According to multiple sources inside...
Source: N. Korean official’s UN comments on executions were party-authorized
North Korea's acknowledgment of public executions at a U.N. human rights review in Geneva this November was carefully orchestrated. The admission came from Pak...
Father-son defection attempt ends in arrest at Yalu River
A father and son were caught by border guards trying to cross the Yalu River into China from Uiju county, North Pyongan province. The...
