N. Korean authorities check to ensure livestock farms are following veterinary quarantine measures
North Korean authorities are reportedly conducting an audit to check and register whether livestock farms, livestock units, and households around the country are raising...
North Korea forcibly collects money from ordinary people to purchase agricultural equipment, including tractors
North Korea is in the midst of providing support to rural areas as the country heads into its busy farming season. North Korean authorities,...
South Pyongan Province witnesses widespread deaths of working cows over past month
There has been an increase in the deaths of working cows in North Korea, which has led to a prevalence of cattle theft from...
Sunchon fertilizer plant construction managers and workers punished for “shoddy construction”
North Korean authorities have recently punished construction workers and managers who had been tasked with the construction of the Sunchon Phosphatic Fertilizer Plant, Daily...
Onsong tobacco farm decides to hand over some farmland to farmers
While discussing ways to produce tangible results this year at the 4.25 Tobacco Farm (Onsong, North Hamgyong Province), which had suffered unprecedented financial difficulties...
Recent North Korean soil survey finds that acidification is still a serious problem
North Korea reportedly suffers from serious soil acidification. The country's authorities are pushing the production of organic fertilizer that can neutralize soil acidity, but...
North Korea’s emphasis to its people at the start of the year: manure
To herald the new year, the North Korean authorities gave people their first assignment: the “manure battle.” A source told Daily NK that this...
Prisoners at the end of their terms in Chagang Province sent to farms in...
North Korea has been sending prisoners released from correctional labor camps in Chagang Province after June of last year to agricultural villages outside the...
Younger researchers are pushing forward North Korea’s “seed revolution”
North Korean authorities are switching out older generation researchers for new ones to push forward the country's "seed revolution," Daily NK has learned.
"Starting two...
Individual field responsibility system considered a success in Yanggang Province
Farmers in Yanggang Province are responding positively to the introduction of the Individual Field Responsibility System at several collective farms as it has led...
