Tag: youth

The North Korean authorities are holding intensive study sessions to reinforce ideological discipline among the country’s young people, Daily NK has learned. The ideological...

Clothing and shoe smugglers operating in the China-North Korea border area of Yanggang Province have been following the latest fashion trends in South Korea,...

An unmarried woman in her 30s recently died after receiving an abortion at a doctor’s home in Hamhung, Daily NK has learned.  Speaking on condition...

Discontent among young North Koreans is growing in response to recent government efforts to coerce them to petition to enlist or re-enlist in the...

The number of young North Koreans living together before marriage is on the rise, Daily NK has learned. “The percentage of young people who live...

In late November, two North Korean university students in Nampo received a public trial  for watching illegal South Korean movies and were sentenced to...

North Korean authorities recently exiled young people along with their families to rural mountainous areas after avoiding calls to “volunteer” to live in hard-to-survive...

North Korea has indefinitely delayed a rally of the Korean Children’s Union that had been scheduled for early June, Daily NK has learned. The...

Young people in the North Korean city of Chongjin are increasingly shunning marriage because they lack the financial security to start new lives in...

Starting in May, North Korean authorities plan to restrict and severely crackdown on teens and 20-somethings involved in commercial activities at markets, Daily NK...