Tag: wonsan
N. Korean band of robbers put on trial in Wonsan
A band of robbers operating in Wonsan, Kangwon Province, was recently arrested and put on public trial in early April, Daily NK has learned.
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Was Ipo Village really ground zero for N. Korea’s COVID outbreak?
In early June 2022, a man surnamed Choe, the chief of the military medical department of the Second Division of the First Corps -...
North Korea launches investigation into anti-socialist behavior in Wonsan
The headquarters of the unified command on non-socialist and anti-socialist behavior in Pyongyang recently launched an intensive investigation into untoward behavior in Wonsan, Gangwon...
Wonsan Textile Factory officials dismissed for smuggling goods across border
Trade officials and security officers at the Wonsan Textile Factory in Gangwon Province were recently dismissed for smuggling goods across the border, Daily NK...
Wonsan university on lockdown after students put under quarantine
North Korean authorities have recently diagnosed university students at a school in Gangwon Province displaying symptoms similar to COVID-19, such as high fevers and...
Wonsan Shoes Factory faces investigation over deception
A shoe factory in Wonsan once hailed as an “exemplary work unit” will soon be under investigation by a team from North Korea's communist...
Lighting on Kim Il Sung statue in Wonsan off for hours...
The lighting on a bronze statue of Kim Il Sung in Wonsan went out for approximately five hours on July 7 - a day...
N. Korea pushes workers to finish tourist zone by deadline
Military construction units at the Wonsan-Kalma Coastal Tourist Zone are being pushed to speed up construction to meet the project’s deadline of Apr. 15,...
N. Korea’s Mar. 2 drills involved newly-developed rocket artillery systems
North Korea’s firing of two short-range projectiles over the sea from the Wonsan area on the east coast on Mar. 2 was aimed at...
