Tag: women
Nampo forces unmarried women into marriage as ‘socialist duty’
North Korean officials in Nampo are forcing unmarried women over 28 into arranged marriages, declaring that remaining single is a "non-socialist act" that shirks...
N. Korean community mourns disabled woman and child after fatal carbon...
A disabled woman in her 40s and her daughter recently died from carbon monoxide poisoning in the North Korean city of Rason, leaving local...
Laser beauty treatments highlight growing wealth gap in N. Korea
Laser skin treatments are gaining popularity in North Korea's major cities, drawing significant interest among women, Daily NK has learned.
According to a source in...
Classroom politics: N. Korean teacher loses position after failed attempt to...
A young teacher in Hoeryong, North Hamgyong province, faced public criticism and lost her teaching position after attempting to dodge mandatory militia drills –...
N. Korean elite women take ghost jobs to escape forced labor
Officials' wives in North Hwanghae province are increasingly taking jobs in road maintenance to avoid mandatory labor assignments. The trend comes as housewives face...
Five women caught in drug and phone bust at N. Korean...
North Korean security agents arrested five women in Hoeryong, North Hamgyong province, for simultaneously violating two major anti-socialist laws: drug use and possession of...
In freezing coal country, North Korean women protest ‘useless’ coal collection...
Women in North Korea's coal country are furious about being forced to scavenge for coal fragments in freezing temperatures as part of a national...
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...
N. Korean youth face explusion over ‘unauthorized hairstyles’
North Korea's youth league chapter in Chongjin, North Hamgyong province, recently held a struggle session targeting young people with unauthorized hairstyles, Daily NK has...
N. Korea detains widow over comments on Juche calendar change
North Korean authorities have arrested a woman for questioning the suspension of the "Juche" calendar system that honored founder Kim Il Sung. The incident...
