Tag: security
N. Korea tightens control over students abroad with new security measures
North Korea is revising its guidelines for monitoring students studying abroad, with authorities emphasizing the critical importance of controlling overseas scholars.
A source in North...
N. Korea ramps up cyber offensive: New research center to focus...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered the establishment of "Research Center 227" under the military's Reconnaissance General Bureau to research and develop...
Bribe-taking officer arrested after years of exploiting position in Kangwon province
A North Korean official in charge of policing anti-socialist and non-socialist behavior in Kosong county, Kangwon province, was arrested for corruption.
A source in the...
N. Korea orders military-wide upgrade of secret communications system
North Korea's Military Security Command has ordered its military corps-level security departments to implement advanced surveillance systems starting January 2024 to strengthen management of...
China tightens grip: Weekly photo checks for N. Korean defector women
China has intensified surveillance of North Korean defector women in the cities of Siping and Tonghua since Dec. 1, following orders from Jilin province's...
Security fears drive Pyongyang’s taxi industry clampdown
Pyongyang authorities have launched a crackdown on illegal practices in the city's growing taxi industry. As taxis have become a central part of the...
Chinese police launch sweeping crackdown on N. Korean defectors in Inner...
Chinese police in Wuhai, Inner Mongolia, have announced plans to crack down on North Korean defectors through a comprehensive end-of-year policy. The measures include...
N. Korea builds drone warfare program, drawing lessons from Ukraine war
North Korea's General Staff Department (GSD) has ordered electronic warfare units to conduct drone-focused exercises as part of winter military training that began Sunday,...
N. Korea orders nationwide crackdown on ‘seditious forces’
North Korea's Ministry of State Security held a two-day training session in Pyongyang for provincial counterintelligence officials, ordering an intensified crackdown on potential spies...
North Korea’s 2022 public reporting law revealed in full
Daily NK has acquired the full text of the Public Reporting System Law, which was revised by North Korea's government in 2022.
The revised law...
