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It’s winter vacation in both Koreas, but how students are spending their time couldn’t be more different. While their pe...
17/01/2025

It’s winter vacation in both Koreas, but how students are spending their time couldn’t be more different. While their peers in the South are going to hakwon or taking overseas vacations, North Korean students are spending their time off fighting a “fertilizer battle.” This battle is a mandatory drive in which every member of North Korean society must collect hundreds of kilograms of human waste to use as fertilizer at farms.

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While early 2024 was characterized by constant calls for Yoon’s impeachment, state media has been largely quiet during t...
16/01/2025

While early 2024 was characterized by constant calls for Yoon’s impeachment, state media has been largely quiet during the actual impeachment. This is because details about the process are a double-edged sword that risks revealing the gulf between the North and South’s political systems. The concept that unsuitable leaders can be removed from power is a novel - and potentially dangerous - concept for the North Korean public.

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South Korea is currently grappling with especially icy roads, and traffic troubles have reached the north as well. Getti...
15/01/2025

South Korea is currently grappling with especially icy roads, and traffic troubles have reached the north as well. Getting a new set of tires, however, has proven to be quite costly between limited supplies and a sky-high foreign exchange rate. For some private truckers, a single tire can now cost as much as the monthly “license” fee to conduct their shipping business.

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A look at the bright lights in Sinuiju might make you think North Korea resolved its electricity crisis in time for the ...
14/01/2025

A look at the bright lights in Sinuiju might make you think North Korea resolved its electricity crisis in time for the new year. These new houses - conveniently visible from across the Chinese border - have been receiving steady electricity from 4:30 -11 PM. Residents have been told to use the electricity just for lights, not anything else, making it clear the lights are for foreign observers as much as residents themselves.

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North Korea has yet to designate Kim Jong Un’s birthday as a special holiday on par with the birthdays of his predecesso...
13/01/2025

North Korea has yet to designate Kim Jong Un’s birthday as a special holiday on par with the birthdays of his predecessors, but there has been another step towards making January 8th a major holiday. This year, North Koreans were mobilized for special security duty surrounding the date to prevent trouble. Elementary school students also received special gift rations to commemorate the occasion, although the scale of distribution remained limited.

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[DailyNK EXCLUSIVE] At least 1,000 North Korean troops deployed to support Russia are believed to have been killed or in...
10/01/2025

[DailyNK EXCLUSIVE] At least 1,000 North Korean troops deployed to support Russia are believed to have been killed or injured in combat. DailyNK spoke with a high-level North Korean military commander to ask how the regime plans to address high casualty rates, rumors of low morale, and whether North Korea intends to deploy additional troops.

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Few things are as refreshing as a cold beer after work. The Taedong Beer Hall in Pyongyang remains a critical social hub...
09/01/2025

Few things are as refreshing as a cold beer after work. The Taedong Beer Hall in Pyongyang remains a critical social hub for Pyongyangites to gather over a pint (or liter). Male residents receive ration cards they can exchange for a cheap drink at the hall, one of the few commodities in the city that has remained affordable. Read more to learn about Pyongyang’s unique beer culture.

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State media caught an unusual scene during this year’s new year’s festivities: Kim Yo Jong walking hand-in-hand with two...
08/01/2025

State media caught an unusual scene during this year’s new year’s festivities: Kim Yo Jong walking hand-in-hand with two young children. Little is known about Kim Jong-Un’s sister, including who her husband is and whether she even has children. This surprise reveal has garnered close attention in-country as well, as residents speculate about the children’s identities and the reasons behind the unexpected reveal.

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Crackdowns on Chinese cell phones have reached truly unprecedented levels. Radar detection units have intensified their ...
07/01/2025

Crackdowns on Chinese cell phones have reached truly unprecedented levels. Radar detection units have intensified their monitoring and are now capable of catching signals within just a minute of turning on a Chinese cell phone. Despite the intense surveillance, however, Chinese cell phones remain an essential part of life along the border and residents don’t believe crackdowns will ever be able to eradicate phone use.

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Would you go into debt for a good night’s sleep? The hottest new luxury item in Pyongyang circles is a domestically prod...
06/01/2025

Would you go into debt for a good night’s sleep? The hottest new luxury item in Pyongyang circles is a domestically produced blanket set selling for as much as 780,000 won (or approximately 93 kg of rice). The blankets are a major hit, and families who can afford extra sets are reportedly buying extras as wedding gifts or to resell on the market.

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Kim Jong Un’s praise for Putin’s New Year’s greetings - and his subsequent snub of the same message from Xi Jinping - ha...
03/01/2025

Kim Jong Un’s praise for Putin’s New Year’s greetings - and his subsequent snub of the same message from Xi Jinping - has given us our first hints of what to expect for North Korea’s relations with its two biggest allies in 2025. Daily NK’s English Editor examines what lies ahead in the new year and what makes North Korea’s diplomatic strategies so (infamously) difficult to predict.

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Last year was a bumper year for North Korea’s hacking and crypto-theft operations, which continue to provide an essentia...
02/01/2025

Last year was a bumper year for North Korea’s hacking and crypto-theft operations, which continue to provide an essential stream of revenue for cash-strapped North Korea. The regime’s army of hackers netted over $1 billion in 2024, and an estimated 40% of that money likely went towards funding North Korea’s weapons program. Guest Columnist Abhishek Sharma breaks down last year’s trends and what to watch out for heading into 2025.

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Happy New Year from Unification Media Group and DailyNK! Thank you for all of your support in 2024, and we sincerely wis...
01/01/2025

Happy New Year from Unification Media Group and DailyNK!

Thank you for all of your support in 2024, and we sincerely wish you a happy and healthy 2025! While it’s impossible to know what lies ahead in the new year, that hasn’t stopped us from making our own new year’s resolutions:

- Broadcast another 365 days of radio to listeners in North Korea
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How do North Koreans celebrate the end of the year? The last week of December is frequently marked with political year-e...
31/12/2024

How do North Koreans celebrate the end of the year? The last week of December is frequently marked with political year-end reviews and private parties always have an ideological tone. Young North Koreans, however, are breaking with tradition to hold strictly private get-togethers as a “last hoorah” before parting ways with friends after graduation. But one key piece of the party remains missing.

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Farming is hard work for little pay, but the saving grace for North Korean farmers has always been that even if they wer...
30/12/2024

Farming is hard work for little pay, but the saving grace for North Korean farmers has always been that even if they were poor, their “payment in kind” system meant they seldom went hungry. This year, however, government authorities are paying farmers in cash rather than crops. Considering the plummeting value of the Korean won, this is a clear rip-off likely to leave farmers (ironically) scrambling to put food on the table.

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A recent tragedy at a Pyongyang hospital has exposed the major failings of North Korea’s “free healthcare” system, even ...
27/12/2024

A recent tragedy at a Pyongyang hospital has exposed the major failings of North Korea’s “free healthcare” system, even for its most privileged residents. A patient died on the operating table during an appendicitis procedure conducted by a medical student still in training. With no qualified surgeons anywhere in the hospital at the time, administrators took an unfortunate gamble, but public blame has fallen squarely on the government rather than doctors.

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In another sign of simmering tensions with China, North Korean authorities warned major North Korean traders that they w...
26/12/2024

In another sign of simmering tensions with China, North Korean authorities warned major North Korean traders that they were under surveillance by Chinese intelligence. North Korea warned traders to be especially careful about their personal information, including cutting off contact with suspicious contacts. Coupled with greater sanctions and customs enforcement, signs points to trouble ahead with North Korea’s #1 trade partner.

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A recent arrest of a waterpark employee calls into question the feasibility of North Korea’s ambitions to expand domesti...
23/12/2024

A recent arrest of a waterpark employee calls into question the feasibility of North Korea’s ambitions to expand domestic tourism to earn foreign currency. The employee was accused of leaking state secrets to foreigners, presumably in the course of working at a water park near foreign Pyongyang’s handful of foreign embassies. The chilling effect now has others in the foreign tourism sector deliberately (and ironically) avoiding foreigners.

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Based in Seoul, Unification Media Group (UMG) has begun its radio broadcasts to North Korea since 2005 and has signed a consortium agreement with Daily NK. Our goal is to increase North Koreans' awareness and understanding of Human Rights and Democracy. UMG aims to provide North Korean people with accurate and timely news and information while reporting to the international community uncensored news.