1.0North Korea News — Daily NK | Latest DPRK Updates 2026https://www.dailynk.com/englishDaily NKhttps://www.dailynk.com/english/author/dailynk/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="tAzO0blKKW"><a href="https://www.dailynk.com/english/beef-drugs-popular-chuseok-gifts-f/">Beef, Drugs Popular Chuseok Gifts for Officials</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.dailynk.com/english/beef-drugs-popular-chuseok-gifts-f/embed/#?secret=tAzO0blKKW" width="600" height="338" title="“Beef, Drugs Popular Chuseok Gifts for Officials” — North Korea News — Daily NK | Latest DPRK Updates 2026" data-secret="tAzO0blKKW" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.dailynk.com/english/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://www.dailynk.com/english/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/09/DNKF00012282_List.gif224177In North Korea, the gift-giving culture of exchanging high-priced goods amongst officials is growing rapidly, just in time for the Chuseok holiday. Daily NK has learned through informed sources within the country that officials are bribed with payments of beef, despite the illegality of slaughtering cows, and even worse, a drug locally known as “ice” […]