Daily NK

Daily NK
FormatOnline
PresidentLee Kwang-baek
Editor-in-chiefHa Yu-na
FoundedDecember 2004 (2004-12)
LanguageEnglish, Korean, Chinese
HeadquartersSeoul, South Korea
Websitewww.dailynk.com

Daily NK (Korean: 데일리NK, romanized: Deilli NK) is an online newspaper based in Seoul, South Korea,[1][2] where it reports on various aspects of North Korean society from information obtained from inside and outside of North Korea via a network of informants. North Korea is ranked 177 out of 180 in the 2024 World Press Freedom Index, which is compiled by Reporters Without Borders.[3]

The organization's president and editor-in-chief are South Korean, while its journalists are a mix of South Koreans and North Korean defectors.

Daily NK is a recipient of funding from multiple institutions and private donors, including the National Endowment for Democracy,[4] an NGO funded by the U.S. Congress. Daily NK's president is Lee Kwang-baek.[5] The amount of Daily NK's funding from the National Endowment for Democracy since 2016 is available in the public sphere.[6] The organization is part of a consortium with the Unification Media Group, which is a South Korea–based non-profit organization that produces and delivers radio content into North Korea via short-wave radio broadcasts.

  1. ^ "Between Sanctions, Drought and Tensions: How Bad is North Korea's Food Situation?". 38 North. 2017-11-14. Retrieved 2021-10-26.
  2. ^ "That Ain't My Truck: Where North Korea Assembled Its Chinese Transporter-Erector-Launchers". 38 North. 2014-02-03. Retrieved 2021-10-26.
  3. ^ "Index". Reporters without Borders. Archived from the original on 2024-05-08. Retrieved 2024-05-08.
  4. ^ National Endowment for Democracy Archived 2010-11-27 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Fast and Accurate North Korea News". Daily NK.
  6. ^ "NED Grant Search". April 13, 2022.