The Sunchon Phosphatic Fertilizer Factory is still unable to produce fertilizer properly
The Sunchon Phosphatic Fertilizer Factory — promoted by North Korean authorities as “a creation of self-reliant strength and prosperity” — has been unable to...
N. Korea suddenly orders grain sector to implement ozone processing technology
North Korea's government recently issued an order for the country's graineries to adopt ozone treatments to enable the long-term storage of grain. However, many...
N. Korea mobilizes all resources for rice planting season amid food concerns
North Korea is ordering all party organizations to provide workers and resources during rice planting season as part of a determined effort to boost...
Guns and grain: North Hwanghae’s tense harvest season
Armed military teams have been dispatched to farms in North Hwanghae province, including Changchon Farm in Hwangju county, to secure rice for army stores...
North Korea encourages more women to move to the countryside
North Korean authorities are demanding that young people, particularly young women, abandon their “prejudices” against rural villages, coercing them into making “petitions” to move...
South Hwanghae Province’s rural areas are facing serious electricity shortages
South Hwanghae Province, North Korea's main grain-producing region, is facing a severe power shortage, Daily NK has learned.
"The residents of rural counties such as...
North Korean households squeezed by human waste quotas as state touts record fertilizer output
Neighborhood watch units in parts of North Korea have ordered each household to submit 50 kilograms of dried human waste as fertilizer by mid-July...
N. Korea implements Individual Contract Work System for wheat and barley farming on trial...
North Korea has recently begun implementing the Individual Contract Work System at some wheat and barley fields on a trial basis. The move comes...
North Korean factory workers ordered to hand over farming tools ahead of planting season
A North Korean factory in Hyesan has ordered each of its workers to submit one farming tool by mid-March under the banner of "rural...
N. Korea faces shortage of necessary supplies for agricultural production
North Korea has again made the expansion of agricultural production one of its main tasks for the year, but the authorities are unable to...
