S. Hwanghae Province dispatches officials to provide guidance ahead of planting season
South Hwanghae Province recently dispatched local party and government officials to city and county farms to ascertain difficulties farms are facing ahead of the...
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...
N. Korea generates “atmosphere of competition” to fulfill manure quotas
As North Korea wages a “battle for manure” across the country, some regions are pressuring individuals and families to cough up money if they...
N. Hwanghae Province supplies soy milk to elementary students mobilized for farmwork
North Hwanghae Province recently ordered that young students mobilized for planting in farm fields be supplied with soy milk, Daily NK has learned.
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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...
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...
City dwellers scramble to claim early grain harvest in Kangwon Province
Given the shortfall of food in North Korea, city dwellers are crowding to the farms and making off with much of the early grain...
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...
Kaesong farmers unhappy at city party committee’s focus on agitation activities
Farmers in the city of Kaesong are expressing their discontent at the city’s party committee, which is entirely preoccupied with agitation activities despite the...
Major goat cull in N. Hwanghae Province sparks alarm among veterinary authorities
A major goat cull in central North Hwanghae Province recently has sparked considerable alarm among North Korea's veterinary authorities, Daily NK has learned.
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