North Korean farm workers moonlight as paid replacements during harvest mobilization
As North Korea's national mobilization for the fall harvest nears its conclusion, a bizarre trend has emerged of farm workers being paid to serve...
Yanggang Province students mobilized to dig up potatoes for a month
Students in Yanggang Province — one of North Korea’s most important potato-producing regions — have reportedly been mobilized to dig up potatoes for a...
N. Korea orders 20 days’ worth of food be provided to Pyongyangites
North Korean authorities recently ordered that Pyongyang residents be provided with 20 days' worth of food ahead of the Party Foundation Day holiday on...
Ryanggang farms told to meet quotas “no matter what” as harvest nears
Ryanggang province's agricultural management committee has informed all farms that the government will not adjust their allotted crop quotas for the upcoming fall harvest....
N. Korea’s poor potato harvest leaves many retirees without potato rations
The poor potato harvest in Yanggang Province has left many retirees without government distributions of potatoes, Daily NK has learned.
“While potato handouts began in...
Kangwon Province orders residents to plant sunflowers to increase cooking oil production
As part of efforts to gain self-sufficiency in the production of cooking oil, Kangwon Province recently ordered people to plant sunflowers and hand over...
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...
Around 20 residents of South Hwanghae Province die due to starvation
Around 20 South Hwanghae Province residents have recently died due to starvation, Daily NK has learned. The lockdowns that the North Korean government has...
N. Korea cuts supply of rations to regional security bureaus by one-third
Following an announcement by the Ministry of State Security that rations to regional security bureaus would be cut by one-third this year, the Yanggang...
Photos: ‘Agricultural revolution’ falls short as rural poverty persists
Despite North Korea's promises of an "agricultural revolution" announced at a key party meeting in late 2021, the country's rural areas remain mired in...
