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2 min read 2023-05-12 09:00:44

N. Korea’s Prodigy Education Law leads to reorganization of educational curriculum

North Korea has reorganized its educational curriculum after enacting the so-called “Prodigy Education Law,” which is part of a strategy to

2 min read 2023-05-12 08:00:53

North Korean authorities have recently handed down orders to personnel in North Pyongan Province guarding train tracks used by freight trains to

2 min read 2023-05-12 06:31:37

The first rice planting of the year in North Korea took place on May 10 at the Wonhwa Collective Farm in Pyongwon, South Pyongan Province, DPRK state

2 min read 2023-05-11 18:00:44

North Korea is apparently operating at least ten South Korean-owned factories in the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) without authorization,

3 min read 2023-05-11 17:00:08

Seven months after sending a birthday greeting to Russian President Vladimir Putin, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has sent another message to

2 min read 2023-05-11 16:00:11

Urban residents of South Hamgyong Province are being mobilized to plant corn this spring, Daily NK has learned. Speaking on condition of anonymity

2 min read 2023-05-11 14:00:23

A growing number of North Korean merchants have been suffering losses in the face of plummeting prices for certain goods and a rising KPW-RMB

2 min read 2023-05-11 08:00:52

Russia-based North Korean garment companies are busy trying to fulfill a significant surge in orders from local clients, Daily NK has

3 min read 2023-05-10 15:00:56

North Korea carried out pre-event COVID-19 vaccinations of everyone who attended a major Korean Children’s Union congress late last year, Daily NK

2 min read 2023-05-10 14:00:00

A North Korean teenager was recently killed during a burglary in Musan County, North Hamgyong Province, Daily NK has learned. A reporting partner in

8 min read 2023-05-10 10:00:04

On Apr. 18, Kim Jong Un visited the National Aerospace Development Administration (NADA) and ordered officials to “form an extraordinary satellite

2 min read 2023-05-10 09:00:47

North Hamgyong Province’s education department recently drew up plans to improve access to education for children who are unable to attend school

2 min read 2023-05-09 14:00:53

After continously falling since February, North Korean rice prices are once again climbing. Although North Korean authorities have greatly increased

3 min read 2023-05-09 12:44:59

Daily NK recently heard from a reporting partner inside North Korea about the current circumstances faced by Three Revolution movement. The movement

2 min read 2023-05-09 08:32:09

Three thieves were sentenced to reform through labor at a public trial held in Hamhung last month, Daily NK has learned. Speaking on condition of