North Korea’s massive Sinuiju greenhouse farm moves to sell fresh produce in China
North Korean trading companies are actively canvassing Chinese buyers for fresh vegetables and fruit produced at the Sinuiju Comprehensive Greenhouse Farm, a massive agricultural...
North Korea mobilizes labor for rice planting even as seedlings lag behind
North Korea has ordered a mass mobilization for the rice transplanting season in North Pyongan province even as some farms in the region have...
North Korea’s spring planting season derailed by acute fuel shortages on collective farms
Fuel shortages are forcing farm workers on North Korean collective farms to till fields by hand during the spring planting season of 2026, raising...
North Korean farm officials lease state land for double profits as food prices surge
Farm officials in North Korea's Jagang province are leasing portions of state-owned agricultural land to private individuals for a fee, a scheme that allows...
ASF resurges in North Korea, pushing pork prices higher and exposing structural failures
African swine fever (ASF), a highly contagious and often fatal viral disease in pigs for which no vaccine currently exists, is spreading again across...
North Korean farmers ditch food crops for cash crops as market logic takes hold
North Korean farmers in parts of North Pyongan province are increasingly abandoning staple food crops on their private plots in favor of higher-value cash...
North Korea factories join spring foraging scramble, squeezing out ordinary people
As spring foraging season gets underway across North Korea, workers from state-run food factories have joined the annual race for wild mountain vegetables. Their...
Fight breaks out at North Hamgyong farm over access to non-arable plots
Desperate to supplement their income, North Korean farm workers in North Hamgyong province are coming to blows over access to non-arable plots of land...
North Korea’s machinery import surge: farms, factories and shipyards stocked up
North Korean trading companies have sharply expanded machinery imports from China since late last year, with equipment ranging from farm machinery and industrial tools...
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...
