Tag: sanctions
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...
Pyongsong crackdown leaves shelves bare as North Korea pushes state commerce...
North Korea's crackdown on private markets is intensifying as the regime designates March a "month of commercial revolution," triggering sharp price spikes and supply...
Post-congress crackdown: North Korea conducts wired broadcast inspections to enforce ideological...
North Korean authorities are conducting household inspections of wired broadcast equipment across multiple provinces following the conclusion of the ninth Workers' Party of Korea...
North Korea intensifies jangmadang crackdown, seizing household goods for state stores
North Korean authorities have sharply escalated inspections of jangmadang markets in Hamhung city, seizing domestically produced household goods from vendors and routing them into...
North Korea halts state smuggling ahead of party congress
North Korean authorities suspended state smuggling across North Pyongan, North Hamgyong and Jagang provinces in early February, ahead of the Ninth Party Congress scheduled...
Gold dealers arrested as North Korea targets illicit bullion market
As North Korea launched a fresh crackdown on the illicit gold trade in early February 2025, state security agents in North Pyongan province arrested...
North Korean sea cucumbers sell at premium prices in China despite...
While North Korea is prohibited from exporting fishery products under United Nations Security Council sanctions, seafood from the North, including pricey dried sea cucumbers,...
Russian goods shop in Dandong reveals North Korea-China-Russia cooperation
A shop dealing solely in Russian goods in Dandong, China—just across from the customs house in the North Korean city of Sinuiju, North Pyongan...
N. Korea aims to expand mineral trade despite sanctions
North Korea has recently taken steps to expand its mineral trade despite international sanctions.
According to a Daily NK source in China recently, a large...
Satellite thermal imaging confirms North Korea running South Korean factories without...
On Nov. 5, the South Korean Defense Intelligence Agency reported in a closed-door audit by the National Assembly's Intelligence Committee that North Korea is...
