Tag: punishment
N. Korean border guard and smuggler arrested for using Chinese cell...
In mid-April, an inspection team from the central government arrested a border guard and smuggler on suspicion of using Chinese cell phones to communicate...
Four N. Korean stationmasters arrested for failing to show loyalty to...
The North Korean Ministry of State Security has recently informed senior officials at provincial bureaus about the punishment given to people arrested in connection...
The impact of N. Korea’s harsh lockdown of Onsong County in...
In the summer of 2022, North Korean authorities imposed a strict lockdown in Onsong County, North Hamgyong Province, to prevent the spread of the...
Two Onsong County officials face struggle session for non-socialist behavior
A public struggle session was held at a raw material base in Onsong County, North Hamgyong Province, in early April against two people who...
N. Korean defectors in Shenyang receive threatening calls from police
North Korean defectors living in Shenyang, in China's Liaoning Province, have been receiving phone calls from local Ministry of Public Security officials warning of...
North Korea orders hunt to capture “impure elements” in Russia
North Korean authorities have issued an order calling on North Korean workers in Russia to step up mutual surveillance and "track down internal impure...
Why was a N. Korean man executed for transporting medicine from...
In May 2021, when North Korea had a strict COVID-19 quarantine regime in place, the South Pyongan Province Emergency Anti-Epidemic Headquarters ordered the execution...
Pyongyang family banished from city after startling revelation
A family in the Sosong District of Pyongyang was banished from the city in early March after it came out that a family member...
N. Korea silences dissent about efforts to erase concept of “national...
As North Korea accelerates efforts to erase the concept of "national reunification" from its propaganda, the regime has ordered organizations nationwide to silence any...
N. Korean pedicab driver arrested in Pyongyang after protesting fine
A pedicab driver in Pyongyang's Hyongjesan district was recently arrested after he protested against being fined by police, Daily NK has learned.
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