Two young vagrants in Samsu county, Ryanggang province, died of cold and hunger in late December, a source in the province ...

According to Daily NK’s regular survey of North Korean market prices, a kilogram of rice traded for 18,000 North Korean won ...

North Korea’s educational authorities emphasize that university admissions are determined fairly based on grades and ability, ...

At one marketplace in Hyesan, imported children’s padded coats that sold for 300 Chinese yuan (roughly $41) in early December ...

Several military couriers tasked with carrying classified documents received dishonorable discharges when an intensive ...

North Korean workers were frustrated with the speech national leader Kim Jong Un delivered in Pyongyang on New Year’s Day.

“This emphasis on obeying the law is presumably designed to highlight that our country operates under the rule of law. But ...

Director of the China Affairs Office at KIMEP University and a PhD candidate in Comparative Politics at the School of ...

President Lee Jae-myung’s recent visit to Beijing, the first by a South Korean leader since 2019, marks a tentative reset in ...

North Korean authorities have begun criticizing enterprises’ customary practice of aekbeori—allowing workers to skip ...

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 ...