N. Korea's shortened market hours are causing economic ...
1 day ago — August 28, 2024. FILE PHOTO: North Koreans are seen peddling goods at a street market in Hyesan, Yanggang Province. (© Daily NK) North Korean authorities are mobilizing citizens and limiting market hours for flood recovery efforts. These measures, including restrictions on marketplace activity, have worsened economic hardship for the public.
Smile at your peril: N. Korea assesses ideological weaknesses ...
3 days ago — Bronze medalists South Korea’s Lim Jong-hoon and Shin Yu-bin and silver medalists North Korea’s Ri Jong Sik and Kim Kum Yong take a “victory selfie” with a Samsung mobile phone at the awards ceremony for the table tennis mixed doubles at the 2024 Paris Olympics at South Paris Arena 4 on July 30.
Grain shortages and economic strain follow North Korean floods
1 day ago — Seulkee Jang is one of Daily NK's full-time reporters and covers North Korean economic and diplomatic issues, including workers dispatched abroad. Jang has a M.A. in Sociology from University of North Korean Studies and a B.A. in Sociology from Yonsei University. She can be reached at skjang (at)uni-media.net.
N. Korean workers forced to fund “pointless” tech offices
1 day ago — August 28, 2024. Workers using a technology distribution office in Kangwon province. (Rodong Sinmun, News1) North Korean workers in Kyongwon County are being forced to fund upgrades to poorly run “technology distribution offices” after a recent party inspection found them lacking. Local organizations are scrambling to modernize these ...
N. Korea’s hidden flood crisis: Drinking water shortages
1 day ago — August 28, 2024. Drinking water produced at a factory near North Korea’s Ryongak Mountain. (Urriminjokgirri website) North Korea has mobilized fire trucks to bring drinking water to flood zones in North Pyongan province. The goal is to provide displaced people with water for drinking and daily use, but people say the water provided is in ...
North Korean shop raided over South Korean clothing rumors
2 days ago — Police in Hyesan recently raided a foreign exchange shop rumored to be selling South Korean clothing, Daily NK has learned. Speaking anonymously, a Daily NK source in Ryanggang Province said police officers in Hyesan “raided the city’s foreign exchange shop on Aug. 16, locking its doors and inspecting items in the shop for several hours.”.
N. Korea rounds up officials on drug-related charges
6 days ago — Speaking anonymously, a Daily NK source in South Hamgyong province said Monday that a man in his 30s named Choe had long sold methamphetamine as an “8.3 profession,” which involves paying his official workplace to be exempt from showing up. In late March, someone reported Choe to the city police on suspicion of dealing methamphetamine.
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