Tag: rumors
N. Korea’s elite food waste creates rare meat bonanza for hungry...
Large quantities of meat were recently distributed to select official markets in Pyongyang, creating unusual scenes of crowds swarming around meat stalls.
A source in...
N. Korean students detained for questioning ‘two hostile states’ policy toward...
Four college students in Chongjin, North Hamgyong province, were detained by security authorities after making critical remarks about North Korea's "two hostile states" policy,...
Malnutrition spreads across North Korea as food prices surge over 50...
As food prices skyrocket across North Korea, hunger is spreading rapidly among the country's most vulnerable populations. Sources report that children are fainting from...
North Korea flood victims blame ‘cursed snake’ as disasters strike twice...
Heavy rains have once again caused flood damage in Kujang county, North Pyongan province. The area already suffered serious destruction late last month, but...
N. Korean teens face public humiliation for painting each other’s nails...
A group of Pyongyang teenagers were recently hauled before a public struggle session for painting their nails.
A source in Pyongyang told Daily NK that...
N. Korea replaces uranium plant officials after satellite images expose environmental...
Officials at a uranium refinery in Pyongsan, North Hwanghae province, were recently replaced after the international community raised concerns about environmental damage following satellite...
Wonder drugs no more: N. Korea’s health supplement market turns to...
A health supplement revolution is quietly taking hold among North Korea's elite. Disillusioned with counterfeit "medicines from Ponghwa" that people mockingly call "rabbit dung,"...
Satellite evidence points to heightened operations at N. Korean nuclear site
I took another look at North Korea's uranium refinery in Pyongsan county, North Hwanghae province, using various satellite images. I utilized thermal IR and...
N. Korea executes 23 defense workers in brutal crackdown
North Korea's state security department has taken an ultra-hardline stance against "counterrevolutionary acts" at munitions factories in Jagang province earlier this year.
Families of security...
Families of N. Korean soldiers in Russia left to wonder if...
When "A," a North Pyongan province woman, first heard her son in the military had been deployed to Russia, she assumed he was just...
