Tag: vehicles
North Korea launches multi-child family inspection campaign as officials visit homes...
North Korea's Central Committee has ordered provincial party committees to pay special attention to families with multiple children, dispatching "visitation teams" to homes to...
Satellite imagery reveals unauthorized expansion of South Korean bus operations in...
North Korea has continued using South Korean buses from the Kaesong Industrial Complex in an unauthorized fashion even after the complex was closed, and...
Pyongyang enacts sweeping transportation controls that violate international human rights standards
Daily NK has reviewed the full text of North Korea's Railroad Passenger Transportation Act, which was enacted in May. The law prohibits North Koreans...
Electric bicycles transform rural North Korea’s economy and daily life
Electric bicycles are transforming life in North Korea's rural communities, offering people a faster and more convenient alternative to traditional bicycles while opening new...
N. Korean youth embrace motorcycles as income source, status symbol
For young North Koreans, motorcycles have become a means to earn a living, a symbol of wealth and a necessity for dating.
"Young people nowadays...
Shortened market hours push N. Korean vendors toward home delivery services
Marketplaces in parts of North Korea continue operating only in the afternoon, months after the official reason for shorter hours has ended.
While some view...
Passengers pay twice as Cabinet cracks down on N. Korea’s private...
North Korea's Cabinet has ordered Pyongyang city people's committee to fix private bus operations and overhaul its fare system. This appears aimed at closing...
Motorcycle couriers become the new hustle for N. Korean youth
A new way to make money has emerged among young North Koreans—"quick delivery" services using motorcycles. This type of work is becoming increasingly popular...
Border traders lose thousands as three-wheel vehicle middlemen go rogue
Border smugglers are making good money importing three-wheel vehicles called sambari into North Korea, but some are getting burned by intermediaries who vanish with...
N. Korean military officials’ wives help choose official drivers
North Korean military officials have begun involving their wives in choosing military drivers for official vehicles as soldiers graduate from the driver's school at...
