Tag: south korean culture
Bag inspections and struggle sessions fail to stop Pyongyang students from...
South Korea's unique custom of couples and friends exchanging pairs of stick-shaped snacks on Nov. 11 has arrived in Pyongyang. Aware of this, the...
Breaking the mold: How North Korean youth resist authoritarian restrictions
North Korea enacted the Youth Education Guarantee Act during the Fifth Meeting of the 14th Supreme People's Assembly in September 2021. The law aimed...
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...
Chinese MP7 becomes hot item among N. Korean youth
A Chinese-made portable media player called the MP7 has recently become a hot commodity among North Korean young people and university students, Daily NK...
Royal reality show: How Kim Jong Un is using his family...
North Korea is making an unusual media move by including family members and children of high-ranking officials at "Kim Jong Un's priority events" and...
The “Aug. 15 doctrine”: South Korea’s new unification strategy
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol unveiled a new unification doctrine, the "Aug. 15 Unification Doctrine," during his speech marking the 79th anniversary of Korea's...
N. Korea holds simultaneous closed trials for violators of anti-reactionary thought...
North Korea conducted simultaneous closed trials in Pyongyang and North Hwanghae Province in mid-July, following orders from the Central Anti-Socialist and Non-Socialist (ASNS) Joint...
What N. Korea gains – and loses – through its new...
There were more inter-Korean summits during the Moon Jae-in administration than at any time since the Korean Peninsula was divided. In particular, a long-awaited...
Young N. Koreans find ways to avoid crackdowns on S. Korean...
Despite heavy crackdowns by North Korean authorities on the viewing of South Korean media, young people are finding various ways to continue watching it...
Unfounded rumors lead some N. Koreans to cancel weddings this year
A number of North Korean weddings have recently been delayed or canceled for superstitious reasons, Daily NK has learned.
"A rumor is circulating in Chongjin...
