Tag: sanctions
North Korea courts Chinese fishing investment while preaching self-reliance
Despite publicly championing "self-reliance," North Korea has been quietly courting Chinese investment in its fishing and aquaculture sectors, dispatching officials to China's border regions...
North Korea-China trade grows, but new customs rules shut out small...
China's customs authorities have sharply tightened export requirements for North Korea-bound goods since the second half of last year. The new rules are squeezing...
How North Korea built its African empire of stone and steel
For decades, North Korea has generated foreign currency by designing and constructing commemorative monuments across Africa — statues, museums, and public memorials built for...
Built by Pyongyang: The North Korean company behind Africa’s most iconic...
North Korea has long relied on unconventional means to earn hard currency in the face of sweeping international sanctions that have effectively shut off...
Eased restrictions fuel optimism as North Korea’s crab season gets under...
North Korea appears to be allowing private individuals to go crabbing for the first time since the pandemic, with entrepreneurs flocking to the Yellow...
Trapped in the net: North Korean workers in Chinese seafood factories
Daily NK has released a comprehensive report examining how North Korean workers dispatched to Chinese seafood processing factories are subjected to systematic forced labor,...
North Korea holds open party meeting to force light industry results...
North Pyongan province's party committee has summoned local commercial and light industry officials to a two-night, three-day open party general meeting in Sinuiju, pressing...
North Korea targets currency traders with undercover operatives as won crisis...
North Korea has drawn its sharpest response yet to a currency crisis, deploying undercover security cadets and newly assigned officers to crack down on...
Satellite imagery reveals what remains of North Korea-Syria cooperation sites
Nearly two decades after an Israeli airstrike obliterated a suspected North Korean-built reactor in the Syrian desert, new satellite imagery of the Al-Kibar site...
Beijing-Pyongyang passenger train service set to resume after nearly six years
North Korea and China are set to resume direct passenger rail service between Beijing and Pyongyang on March 12, ending a suspension of nearly...
