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Seoul · SeoulThe people’s committee of North Hamgyong Province has criticized local cultural and recreational facilities as hotbeds of non-socialist behavior and has begun drawing up measures to address them, Daily NK has learned. Speaking on condition of anonymity, a source in North Hamgyong Province told Daily NK on Monday that the provincial people’s committee “convened a meeting on Apr. 20 to discuss measures to deal with the transformation of local cult…See the Story
Chongjin's bowling alleys, inns, and hotels criticized as "hotbeds of non-socialist behavior" - Daily NK English
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Seoul · SeoulRecent satellite images suggest that North Korea is restarting test operations of its experimental light water reactor in Yongbyon. The reactor, reportedly in test operations since the second half of last year, was shut down for about a month starting mid-March. However, Maxar satellite images show that it restarted in late April. The photos also show that Yongbyon’s 5 MWe reactor is also operating. High-resolution images from Apr. 27 clearly sh…See the Story
Satellite imagery suggests that North Korea is restarting test operations in Yongbyon - Daily NK English
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Seoul · SeoulPolice in Heilongjiang Province’s city of Mudanjiang are planning to implement legal procedures aimed at protecting the rights of North Korean defectors arrested trying to reach South Korea, Daily NK has learned. Speaking on condition of anonymity, a Daily NK source in China said that police in Mudanjiang “decided on Apr. 20 to adopt proposals to improve legal procedures to protect the rights of North Korean defectors arrested for violating laws…See the Story
China's Mudanjiang plans to implement procedures to better protect rights of N. Korean defectors - Daily NK English
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Seoul · SeoulAt the beginning of April, North Korean authorities carried out a two-week inspection of farms in South Pyongan Province that are responsible for supplying the raw materials needed for production activities at factories in the province, Daily NK has learned. Speaking on condition of anonymity, a source in South Pyongan Province told Daily NK on Apr. 24 that the provincial committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea had launched the inspection of ra…See the Story
S. Pyongan Province inspects farms tasked with providing raw materials for production activities - Daily NK English
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Lockdown · SeoulIn autumn 2020, when North Korea implemented broad-ranging nationwide lockdowns in response to COVID-19, North Koreans faced limits in everything they did. Doing business in the markets, visiting the next village, and even leaving one’s home became difficult. Nobody could say a thing because even the slightest grumbling about state policy would lead to accusations of being a “dangerous element.” North Koreans remember how an incident involving a…See the Story
N. Korean veteran disappears after speaking out against harsh COVID protocols - Daily NK English
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Seoul · SeoulNorth Korean authorities are drawing up plans to minimize the economic damage the international community’s moves to block imports of Chinese seafood produced through the forced labor of North Korean workers, Daily NK has learned. In late February, the New Yorker ran an expose documenting how North Korean workers were forced to work in terrible conditions in Chinese seafood processing plants based on a report by the Outlaw Ocean Project, a non-…See the Story
N. Korea plans to minimize economic damage from world's moves to block imports of Chinese seafood - Daily NK English
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Seoul · SeoulWhile it is fairly common for unmarried North Korean women to have children, single mothers receive no support from the government and are even shunned by society, Daily NK has learned. “Nowadays, you can sometimes see young women having children without getting married. Women used to avoid premarital sex as a legacy of Confucian gender segregation, but young women today don’t value sexual purity like their parents’ generation did,” a source in …See the Story
N. Korea's single mothers face severe levels of discrimination - Daily NK English
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Seoul · SeoulThe North Korean government has ordered the confiscation of all cell phones owned by workers in Russia, Daily NK has learned. As the North steps up its surveillance and control of workers there, it is also cooperating with Russia to prevent defections. The North Korean consulate in Russia received orders [from the North Korean government] in late April to confiscate unauthorized cell phones in the possession of workers there,” a source in Russia…See the Story
N. Korea orders confiscation of all cell phones owned by Russia-based workers - Daily NK English
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