North Korean children mobilized for flood recovery on farms
After severe flooding damaged agricultural areas along the North Korean border in North Pyongan province in late July, collective farms are organizing an all-hands...
N. Korea aims to monopolize earnings from mushroom exports
North Korea is tightening controls on pine mushroom sales and transport, aiming to monopolize foreign currency from exports of the rare fungi.
Speaking on condition...
North Korean grain prices fall across markets
Grain prices in North Korean markets have fallen across the board. According to a regular market price survey conducted by Daily NK, as of...
N. Korean technicians sent to farms aspire for party membership
South Pyongan Province has been sending small teams of technicians formed in factories and enterprises to farms since March, Daily NK has learned.
Speaking on...
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...
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...
N. Pyongan Province falls behind in rice seedling transplanting campaign
North Pyongan Province has fallen behind in the national rice seedling transplanting campaign, prompting local authorities to step up efforts to gather information and...
N. Korean school demands dollars from students unable to engage in farm work
North Korean students are being mobilized to help transplant rice seedlings in South Hwanghae Province, one of the country’s main breadbaskets, as part of...
South Hwanghae Province’s rural areas are facing serious electricity shortages
South Hwanghae Province, North Korea's main grain-producing region, is facing a severe power shortage, Daily NK has learned.
"The residents of rural counties such as...
N. Korea orders farms to adopt new irrigation system to optimize production
North Korea has ordered wheat and barley farms to adopt "underground drip irrigation systems" to optimize crop production, Daily NK has learned.
Speaking on condition...
