N. Hamgyong Province party committee holds emergency meeting to discuss agriculture and pandemic-related issues
The provincial party assembly of North Hamgyong Province recently convened an emergency enlarged meeting following an enlarged meeting of the Third Political Bureau of...
North Korea’s Socialist Women’s Union tasked with silk cocoon production quotas
Members of the Socialist Women's Union of Korea are quite unhappy after North Korean authorities recently gave them silk cocoon production quotas.
North Korea was...
North Korean fruits and vegetable prices rise nearly twice as much as last year
Daily NK has learned that the prices of some fruits and vegetables in North Korea has recently skyrocketed to nearly twice last year’s prices....
More than 100,000 livestock perish amid continued heat waves in North Korea
Heatwaves are leading to significant losses of livestock in North Korea and these deaths may have led to rising prices for livestock products in...
Central Committee cadres are in South Hwanghae Province to boost grain production
North Korea is waging a struggle to boost agricultural production as Central Committee cadres visit several farms in the leading grain-producing region of South...
North Hwanghae Province mobilizes locals for “irrigation struggle” to prevent drought damage to crops
As North Korea swelters under a prolonged heatwave, North Hwanghae Province authorities have mobilized locals for an “irrigation struggle” to prevent crop losses due...
Many North Korean farms still need to be properly weeded
Following North Korea’s acknowledgement to the United Nations that it is suffering food shortages, Daily NK has learned that insufficient agricultural supplies, such as...
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...
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 orders farms in Yanggang Province to stop selling off secretly stored up...
North Korean authorities recently handed down an “administrative order” in Yanggang Province to prevent some farms in the province from taking advantage of skyrocketing...
