S. Pyongan Province’s rural areas are facing extreme levels of hardship
People living in farming communities in South Pyongan Province are suffering extreme hardship, Daily NK has learned.
Speaking on condition of anonymity, a Daily NK...
Winter ritual: N. Korea tightens oversight of annual manure collection quotas
North Korea has launched its annual "manure battle," with fertilizer production and transportation now in full swing across the country.
"In Hyesan and throughout Ryanggang...
N. Korean fruit, vegetable farms suffer damage due to unseasonably low temperatures
North Korean fruit and vegetable growers have suffered damage to their crops due to unseasonably low temperatures in March and April, Daily NK has...
North Korea demands detailed rice-planting reports from Hwanghae farms
North Korea's central authorities ordered South and North Hwanghae provinces, the country's leading rice-growing region, on June 9, 2026, to compile detailed rice-transplanting reports...
N. Korea pays farm workers in devalued currency instead of grain
North Korea has taken an unprecedented step: paying farm workers in devalued local currency instead of their usual share of crops.
A source in North...
North Korea’s massive Sinuiju greenhouse farm moves to sell fresh produce in China
North Korean trading companies are actively canvassing Chinese buyers for fresh vegetables and fruit produced at the Sinuiju Comprehensive Greenhouse Farm, a massive agricultural...
North Korea to double the number of construction workers at Yonpo Greenhouse Farm
With North Korean authorities continuing to push the construction of Yonpo Greenhouse Farm despite the country’s COVID-19 outbreak, the government has recently begun efforts...
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....
N. Korea implements Individual Contract Work System for wheat and barley farming on trial...
North Korea has recently begun implementing the Individual Contract Work System at some wheat and barley fields on a trial basis. The move comes...
N. Korea dispatches inspection team to verify cash wage implementation on trial farms
A joint task force from the ruling party and Cabinet will monitor South Hwanghae province farms until early next year to assess the effectiveness...
