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...
Elderly members of Socialist Women’s Union mobilized to take part in farm work
With North Korean authorities mobilizing every age group and all means to weed agricultural fields this year, even 59-year-old members of the Socialist Women's...
Infectious disease brucellosis is a growing problem among cattle in North Korea
The bacterial disease brucellosis is reportedly rampant in some parts of North Korea. According to a source, apprehension is building in rural communities with...
N. Korean grain prices skyrocket amid continued food shortages
North Korean grain prices are skyrocketing, posting their largest increase since mid-December.
According to Daily NK's regular survey of North Korean market prices, a kilogram...
Well-connected students use propaganda troupes to dodge N. Korean farm labor
With rice transplanting season underway at farms across North Korea, party committees at Pyongyang universities have been enrolling well-connected students in mobile artistic propaganda...
Spread of tubercular lymphadenitis causes alarm in S. Hwanghae Province
Efforts to mobilize labor for collective farms in South Hwanghae Province have gone into emergency mode after a recent spike in cases of tubercular...
Rice prices in N. Korean markets hit all time high
The price of rice in North Korean markets has hit an all-time high.
Daily NK’s regular survey of North Korean market prices found that a...
N. Korea orders robust measures to prevent monsoon crop damage
North Korea’s government recently ordered the implementation of robust measures to minimize crop damage during the monsoon season.
“Minimizing the damage caused by catastrophic weather...
North Korean ideological training materials call for proper understanding of agriculture
Daily NK recently acquired a copy of “study reference materials” North Korean authorities distributed in December for “ideological training” among party members and laborers.
The...
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...
