Nearly a year has passed since North Korean leader Kim Jong Un personally announced the first year of a revolution in public ...

In North Korea, people can pay utilities like electricity bills and housing fees through mobile transfers. Those with phones ...

Those caught with unwashed vehicles must complete time-consuming paperwork, including written statements, and pay fines that ...

North Korean authorities are tightening their grip on daily life through an expanded surveillance apparatus that demands ...

North Korean high schools are scrambling to build labs and secure equipment as the country prepares to launch an elective ...

North Korea plans to grant Pyongyang residency to families of soldiers killed fighting in Russia, but it’s strictly limiting the privilege to immediate relatives and conducting thorough background ...

The task force has focused on Songchon chestnuts, which have thus far only been cultivated around South Pyongan Province, ...

However, as demand for auto repairs naturally rises with the recent growth in the number of cars in North Korea, having car ...

According to a Daily NK source in North Pyongan province, markets in agricultural regions like Unsan county have been ...

Lee Kwang Baek has served as Daily NK's president since 2014 alongside his role as president of Unification Media Group. He is an advisor to the Korea Hana Foundation and is a lecturer on North Korean ...

지난해 연말을 맞아 진행된 열차 이용 집중 검열 과정에서 기요 (기밀) 문건을 전달하는 임무를 맡은 군 (軍) 기통수들이 직무상 편의를 이용해 상인들의 짐을 날라주고 돈을 챙긴 사실이 적발돼 생활제대 (불명예 전역) 처분을 ...

최근 북한에서 겨울방학을 맞아 외국어 과외 열풍이 불고 있다. 당국의 사교육 단속과 통제에도 외국어 과외는 사실상 필수로 인식되는 분위기라, 지방 소도시에서도 교외 지역의 학부모들이 자녀를 시내 중심지로 보내 과외를 시키는 ...