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Sources: N. Korean restaurants in China are slowly reopening

North Korean restaurants in China that had been shut down as a consequence of COVID-19 are now being reopened, Daily NK has learned.  Daily NK...

N. Korean military trading companies set to smuggle in construction materials

North Korea has ordered military-run trading agencies to smuggle in construction materials needed for national projects set to be completed by Oct. 10, the...

China conducts maintenance on Sino-North Korean Friendship Bridge

China conducted maintenance work on the Sino-North Korean Friendship Bridge in what may be preparations for the restart of Sino-North Korean trade, Daily NK...

N. Korea’s state-run smuggling activities continue despite coronavirus

With the COVID-19 pandemic showing no signs of abating, North Korea has intensified its disease control measures, especially for individuals engaging in state-sponsored smuggling...

N. Korean smuggler executed after crossing Sino-North Korean border

A smuggler in his 50s was recently executed in North Pyongan Province, sources told Daily NK earlier this month. The man was accused of...

N. Korean company continues smuggling over Chinese border

A North Korean trading company that smuggled South Korean masks through a customs office in Sinuiju in early February is still smuggling in face...

Sources: Musan Mine operating at less than half of full capacity

The continued closure of the Sino-North Korean border has led to a near shutdown of Musan Mine, North Korea’s largest iron mine, Daily NK...

N. Korea refuses repatriation of defectors imprisoned in Dandong

North Korea's Ministry of State Security (MSS) has refused the repatriation of North Korean defectors currently imprisoned in a facility in Dandong, China, Daily...

N. Korea orders major organizations to fend for themselves

North Korea has ordered major provincial organizations, military-run factories and other facilities to prepare a months' worth of food, signalling that the state is...

N. Korea shuts down transit in and out of Sinuiju

North Korean authorities in Sinuiju have shut down transit in and out of the city presumably as part of efforts to prevent the spread...

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