Markets, not wages, feed NK households
Pyongsong’s city center. (Bjørn Christian Tørrissen) “The official salary from my workplace is about 30,000 North Korean won…
North Korea beer snubbed for home brews
Pyongyangites drinking Taedonggang Beer. (DPRK Today) North Korea beer is losing out at home to homemade craft brews…
China eases checks on North Korean goods
A view of Dandong, China, from the North Korean bank of the Yalu River, showing the Yalu River…
North Korea moonshine crackdown during food shortage
A view of apartment buildings in Hyesan, the capital of Ryanggang province, North Korea, photographed in August 2018.…
North Korea grain stores stabilize rice prices, draw complaints
Vendors sell fruit along a rural road between Nampo and Kaesong, North Korea, in 2015. /Photo=Uwe Brodrecht More…
Why North Korean women avoid marrying police officers
Reporting from inside North Korea Daily NK operates networks of sources inside North Korea who document events in…
North Korea grain prices fall at markets in May 2026
FILE PHOTO: A North Korean businessperson using a cell phone at a local market. (Daily NK) Grain prices…
Fake rubles flood Rason as North Korea-Russia trade grows
The Wonjeong-ri customs post in Rason, North Hamgyong province, North Korea. /Photo: Daily NK Counterfeit Russian rubles have…
North Korean market vendors make wigs to survive
FILE PHOTO: A picture of a streetside market in Hoeryong taken in 2019. (Daily NK) Market traders in…
North Korean traders prep for summer clothing season
FILE PHOTO: North Koreans are seen peddling goods at a street market in Hyesan, Yanggang Province. (© Daily…
North Korea food safety alarm over factory contaminants
Candy and cookies produced by North Korea’s Mangyongdae Kyonghung Food Factory and Songdowon Comprehensive Food Factory. (Daily NK)…
Kim Jong Un cult of personality alarms North Koreans
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un presides over a vote at the first session of the 15th Supreme…