Pyongyang calls on district agricultural workers to work more innovatively
Pyongyang’s city authorities have called on district agricultural management committees to “work in a new way” ahead of the spring planting season in accordance...
N. Korean province summons farm heads for year-end evaluation
South Hwanghae province authorities have ordered farm management committees to submit year-end reports on the implementation of farm management, following a series of lectures...
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...
Reality check: N. Korea’s agricultural mechanization vs. rising hand tool costs
Despite North Korea's repeated emphasis on agricultural mechanization, farmers continue to depend on basic hand tools like shovels, hoes, pickaxes and sickles. With rice...
Yanggang Province farmers ordered to collect more grass than usual
As part of broader efforts to relieve the country's chronic manure shortages, North Korean authorities in Yanggang Province have significantly increased the quota of...
