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North Korea prioritizes power for munitions factories amid heat wave

Summary by DailyNK
As the ongoing heat wave worsens North Korea’s power shortage, authorities have reportedly moved to prioritize electricity for munitions factories while sharply cutting power supplies to ordinary areas. A source in South Pyongan province told Daily NK on Friday about a new directive, which was issued by the Cabinet’s Ministry of Electric Power Industry on July 28 to regional transmission and distribution offices nationwide. The directive came as…

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DailyNK broke the news on Monday, August 10, 2026.
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