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="qcZ34nQBYP"><a href="https://www.dailynk.com/english/private-doctor-industry-booms-in-n/">Private Doctor Industry Booms in NK</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.dailynk.com/english/private-doctor-industry-booms-in-n/embed/#?secret=qcZ34nQBYP" width="600" height="338" title="“Private Doctor Industry Booms in NK” — North Korea News — Daily NK | Latest DPRK Updates 2026" data-secret="qcZ34nQBYP" 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/2/2015/04/DNKF00013135_List.png200160Private doctors — often dubbed “famed doctors” — are more popular these days than those languishing in North Korea’s state-run hospitals. Meager pay and overall poor working conditions have prompted an exodus of doctors from these institutions, seeing them head outside the confines of state medical facilities to offer personal medical services instead.  “Provincial, municipal, […]