{"id":57716,"date":"2024-02-05T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-04T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=57716"},"modified":"2026-04-05T15:49:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T06:49:49","slug":"n-hamgyong-province-orders-an-all-out-effort-to-produce-student-uniforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/n-hamgyong-province-orders-an-all-out-effort-to-produce-student-uniforms\/","title":{"rendered":"N. Hamgyong Province orders an all-out effort to produce student uniforms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Authorities in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North_Hamgyong_Province\">North Hamgyong Province<\/a> recently ordered local officials to engage in intensive efforts to complete the production of student uniforms by Feb. 1, Daily NK has learned.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The province started producing student uniforms since the beginning of January, but there have been many obstacles in the process,&#8221; a source in North Hamgyong Province told Daily NK on Jan. 26 on condition of anonymity. &#8220;Therefore, the provincial party committee sent party workers and officials of the provincial people&#8217;s committee to the factories to coordinate the production efforts and put all their efforts into the production process until the uniforms are finished.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to the source, garment factories in North Hamgyong Province have been working nonstop since the beginning of the new calendar year to produce the uniforms, working three shifts and day and night shifts. However, production has not gone smoothly due to problems such as an insufficient supply of resources.<\/p>\n<p>On Jan. 15, the North Hamgyong Province Party Committee ordered party workers and people&#8217;s committee officials to work directly with the factory workers to spare no effort in producing the uniforms.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Central Committee recently issued a nationwide order to produce new uniforms for students,&#8221; the source said. &#8220;The workers are worried about how each province will raise all the funds needed to produce the uniforms in just one month to meet the strict Feb. 1 deadline.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Since the central government has not provided any support for the production of uniforms, people&#8217;s committee officials have had to work tirelessly to organize logistics and obtain sufficient resources, electricity, and personnel.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the preparation period for completing the uniforms overlaps with preparations for the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Day_of_the_Shining_Star\">Day of the Shining Star<\/a> (Kim Jong-il&#8217;s birthday on Feb. 16), for which sweets and food must be delivered to people&#8217;s homes. As a result, factory workers have not had time to go home and are instead working around the clock alongside officials sent to the factories.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;North Hamgyong Province, in particular, takes great care to ensure the quality of school uniforms,&#8221; the source said. &#8220;The uniforms produced by each province are sent to the central government and ranked after a quality analysis, so there&#8217;s a mentality among officials here of not wanting to lose out to other provinces.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Unlike the production of snacks, which are quickly consumed, school uniforms must be well made because they are worn by students every day. Some factories have imported fabric from China to use the highest quality materials, but since they cannot afford to make uniforms entirely from imported fabric, they have had no choice but to mix in lower-quality domestic fabric, making it difficult to guarantee high-quality uniforms.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, officials in North Hamgyong Province are doing their best to supply shops in the province with the new uniforms before the Feb. 1 deadline set by the central government, the source said.<\/p>\n<p><em>Translated by Annie Eunjung Kim. Edited by Robert Lauler.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Daily NK works with a network of sources living in North Korea, China, and elsewhere. Their identities remain anonymous for security reasons. For more information about Daily NK\u2019s network of reporting partners and information-gathering activities, please visit our FAQ page here.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Please send any comments or questions about this article to dailynkenglish@uni-media.net.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/20240126-3\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/20231201-5\/\">Read in Korean<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities in North Hamgyong Province recently ordered local officials to engage in intensive efforts to complete the production of student uniforms by Feb. 1, Daily NK has learned. &#8220;The province started producing student uniforms since the beginning of January, but there have been many obstacles in the process,&#8221; a source in North Hamgyong Province told [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":129,"featured_media":38583,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,1360],"tags":[1002,703,729,743,773],"class_list":["post-57716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-society","tag-electricity","tag-education","tag-students","tag-factories","tag-north-hamgyong-province"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v28.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>N. Hamgyong Province orders an all-out effort to produce student uniforms - North Korea News \u2014 Daily NK | Latest DPRK Updates 2026<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Authorities in North Hamgyong Province have recently ordered intensive efforts to be made in the production of student uniforms.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/n-hamgyong-province-orders-an-all-out-effort-to-produce-student-uniforms\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"N. Hamgyong Province orders an all-out effort to produce student uniforms\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Authorities in North Hamgyong Province have recently ordered intensive efforts to be made in the production of student uniforms.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/n-hamgyong-province-orders-an-all-out-effort-to-produce-student-uniforms\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"North Korea News \u2014 Daily NK | Latest DPRK Updates 2026\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-02-04T23:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-05T06:49:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/pyungyang-students.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"486\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jeong Seo-yeong\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jeong Seo-yeong\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/n-hamgyong-province-orders-an-all-out-effort-to-produce-student-uniforms\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/n-hamgyong-province-orders-an-all-out-effort-to-produce-student-uniforms\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jeong Seo-yeong\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9efe4479c399c25bb2d44c871b14e851\"},\"headline\":\"N. Hamgyong Province orders an all-out effort to produce student uniforms\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-02-04T23:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-05T06:49:49+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/n-hamgyong-province-orders-an-all-out-effort-to-produce-student-uniforms\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":551,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/n-hamgyong-province-orders-an-all-out-effort-to-produce-student-uniforms\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2018\\\/11\\\/pyungyang-students.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"electricity\",\"education\",\"students\",\"factories\",\"north hamgyong province\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News\",\"Society\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/n-hamgyong-province-orders-an-all-out-effort-to-produce-student-uniforms\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/n-hamgyong-province-orders-an-all-out-effort-to-produce-student-uniforms\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/n-hamgyong-province-orders-an-all-out-effort-to-produce-student-uniforms\\\/\",\"name\":\"N. Hamgyong Province orders an all-out effort to produce student uniforms - North Korea News \u2014 Daily NK | Latest DPRK Updates 2026\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/n-hamgyong-province-orders-an-all-out-effort-to-produce-student-uniforms\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/n-hamgyong-province-orders-an-all-out-effort-to-produce-student-uniforms\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2018\\\/11\\\/pyungyang-students.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-02-04T23:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-05T06:49:49+00:00\",\"description\":\"Authorities in North Hamgyong Province have recently ordered intensive efforts to be made in the production of student uniforms.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/n-hamgyong-province-orders-an-all-out-effort-to-produce-student-uniforms\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/n-hamgyong-province-orders-an-all-out-effort-to-produce-student-uniforms\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/n-hamgyong-province-orders-an-all-out-effort-to-produce-student-uniforms\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2018\\\/11\\\/pyungyang-students.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2018\\\/11\\\/pyungyang-students.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":486,\"caption\":\"Elementary students in a classroom at a school in Pyongyang. (Ryugyung)\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/n-hamgyong-province-orders-an-all-out-effort-to-produce-student-uniforms\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"N. Hamgyong Province orders an all-out effort to produce student uniforms\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/\",\"name\":\"North Korea News \u2014 Daily NK | Latest DPRK Updates 2026\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Daily NK English\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/top_logo@1x.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/top_logo@1x.png\",\"width\":272,\"height\":90,\"caption\":\"Daily NK English\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"description\":\"An independent online news organization based in Seoul, South Korea, reporting on internal North Korean affairs through a network of in-country sources and defector journalists. Part of the Unification Media Group (UMG) consortium.\",\"email\":\"dailynkenglish@uni-media.net\",\"telephone\":\"82-2-732-6998\",\"legalName\":\"DailyNK\",\"foundingDate\":\"2004-12-01\",\"numberOfEmployees\":{\"@type\":\"QuantitativeValue\",\"minValue\":\"1\",\"maxValue\":\"10\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9efe4479c399c25bb2d44c871b14e851\",\"name\":\"Jeong Seo-yeong\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/9f4cf0f24b376077a2fcdab2e85c3584-150x150.webp\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/9f4cf0f24b376077a2fcdab2e85c3584-150x150.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/9f4cf0f24b376077a2fcdab2e85c3584-150x150.webp\",\"caption\":\"Jeong Seo-yeong\"},\"description\":\"Jeong Seo-yeong is one of Daily NK's freelance reporters. For security reasons, details about her identity cannot be shared publicly. Questions about her articles can be directed to dailynkenglish(at)uni-media.net.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.dailynk.com\\\/english\\\/author\\\/jong-so-yong\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"N. Hamgyong Province orders an all-out effort to produce student uniforms - North Korea News \u2014 Daily NK | Latest DPRK Updates 2026","description":"Authorities in North Hamgyong Province have recently ordered intensive efforts to be made in the production of student uniforms.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/n-hamgyong-province-orders-an-all-out-effort-to-produce-student-uniforms\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"N. Hamgyong Province orders an all-out effort to produce student uniforms","og_description":"Authorities in North Hamgyong Province have recently ordered intensive efforts to be made in the production of student uniforms.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/n-hamgyong-province-orders-an-all-out-effort-to-produce-student-uniforms\/","og_site_name":"North Korea News \u2014 Daily NK | Latest DPRK Updates 2026","article_published_time":"2024-02-04T23:00:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-04-05T06:49:49+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":486,"url":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/pyungyang-students.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Jeong Seo-yeong","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jeong Seo-yeong","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/n-hamgyong-province-orders-an-all-out-effort-to-produce-student-uniforms\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/n-hamgyong-province-orders-an-all-out-effort-to-produce-student-uniforms\/"},"author":{"name":"Jeong Seo-yeong","@id":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/9efe4479c399c25bb2d44c871b14e851"},"headline":"N. Hamgyong Province orders an all-out effort to produce student uniforms","datePublished":"2024-02-04T23:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-05T06:49:49+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/n-hamgyong-province-orders-an-all-out-effort-to-produce-student-uniforms\/"},"wordCount":551,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/n-hamgyong-province-orders-an-all-out-effort-to-produce-student-uniforms\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/pyungyang-students.jpg","keywords":["electricity","education","students","factories","north hamgyong province"],"articleSection":["News","Society"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/n-hamgyong-province-orders-an-all-out-effort-to-produce-student-uniforms\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/n-hamgyong-province-orders-an-all-out-effort-to-produce-student-uniforms\/","url":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/n-hamgyong-province-orders-an-all-out-effort-to-produce-student-uniforms\/","name":"N. Hamgyong Province orders an all-out effort to produce student uniforms - North Korea News \u2014 Daily NK | Latest DPRK Updates 2026","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/n-hamgyong-province-orders-an-all-out-effort-to-produce-student-uniforms\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/n-hamgyong-province-orders-an-all-out-effort-to-produce-student-uniforms\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/pyungyang-students.jpg","datePublished":"2024-02-04T23:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-05T06:49:49+00:00","description":"Authorities in North Hamgyong Province have recently ordered intensive efforts to be made in the production of student uniforms.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/n-hamgyong-province-orders-an-all-out-effort-to-produce-student-uniforms\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/n-hamgyong-province-orders-an-all-out-effort-to-produce-student-uniforms\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/n-hamgyong-province-orders-an-all-out-effort-to-produce-student-uniforms\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/pyungyang-students.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/pyungyang-students.jpg","width":800,"height":486,"caption":"Elementary students in a classroom at a school in Pyongyang. (Ryugyung)"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/n-hamgyong-province-orders-an-all-out-effort-to-produce-student-uniforms\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"N. Hamgyong Province orders an all-out effort to produce student uniforms"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/","name":"North Korea News \u2014 Daily NK | Latest DPRK Updates 2026","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/#organization","name":"Daily NK English","url":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/top_logo@1x.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/top_logo@1x.png","width":272,"height":90,"caption":"Daily NK English"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"description":"An independent online news organization based in Seoul, South Korea, reporting on internal North Korean affairs through a network of in-country sources and defector journalists. Part of the Unification Media Group (UMG) consortium.","email":"dailynkenglish@uni-media.net","telephone":"82-2-732-6998","legalName":"DailyNK","foundingDate":"2004-12-01","numberOfEmployees":{"@type":"QuantitativeValue","minValue":"1","maxValue":"10"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/9efe4479c399c25bb2d44c871b14e851","name":"Jeong Seo-yeong","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/9f4cf0f24b376077a2fcdab2e85c3584-150x150.webp","url":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/9f4cf0f24b376077a2fcdab2e85c3584-150x150.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/9f4cf0f24b376077a2fcdab2e85c3584-150x150.webp","caption":"Jeong Seo-yeong"},"description":"Jeong Seo-yeong is one of Daily NK's freelance reporters. For security reasons, details about her identity cannot be shared publicly. Questions about her articles can be directed to dailynkenglish(at)uni-media.net.","url":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/author\/jong-so-yong\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/129"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57716"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57718,"href":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57716\/revisions\/57718"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}