N. Korea to curb illegal slaughtering, ownership of working cows
Following an order by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, the country's Central Committee recently instructed party, administrative and judicial authorities to clamp down...
N. Korean farmers show mixed reactions to tractors gifted by Kim Jong Un
After North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent tractors to towns and counties in Yanggang Province to boost potato production, there have been mixed...
Blueberries beyond borders: Kim decree drives unlikely imports
North Korea is importing large quantities of Chinese blueberries to fulfill the ruling party's directive to produce fruit-based alcoholic and nonalcoholic beverages.
Speaking anonymously, a...
N. Korea’s efforts to mechanize agricultural sector haven’t led to much success
While the North Korean authorities have been focusing on mechanizing the farm sector to resolve the country’s chronic food shortages, the results have been...
Sariwon officials launch crackdown on money changers for avoiding manure campaign
Authorities in the North Hwanghae Province city of Sariwon recently carried out an intensive crackdown on money changers for failing to properly participate in...
Shorter shifts, stricter controls for North Korean women mobilized to farms
Members of North Korea's official women's organization are working four-hour shifts in the country's 2026 weeding campaign, but authorities now demand written proof that...
N. Korean fuel vendors face heavy crackdown by police
The North Korean authorities have recently launched a heavy crackdown on private vendors of fuel oil, Daily NK has learned.
Speaking on condition of anonymity,...
North Korean farms lose half their livestock to deadly heat wave
Animals are dying en masse in North Korea as record-breaking heat continues to bake the Korean Peninsula. Emergency measures in some parts of the...
N. Korean farm managers annoyed with constant snooping by central government officials
As soon as North Korea's mobilization order for rice planting ended, another mobilization order was issued to send help to farms harvesting wheat and...
N. Korean farmers lack basic resources to implement potato farming method
North Korea is heavily promoting the "Samjiyon-style potato farming method" to increase potato production nationwide, but farmers report severe shortages of essential resources including...
