North Korea moves forward with efforts to prevent future flooding of rivers

North Korea is conducting nationwide river redevelopment efforts to prevent floods. A source in the country said that the authorities have mobilized every available...
youth law

Revealed: N. Korea’s 2020 law to shield young people from ‘foreign influence’

Daily NK has acquired the full text of North Korea’s Juvenile Crime Prevention Law, which the North Korean regime enacted to prevent information from...
reforestation, forests, kim jong un, environment

N. Korea’s ‘Arbor Day paradox’: How tree-planting initiatives are destroying forests

North Korea promoted nationwide tree-planting initiatives for Arbor Day (March 14) as part of a reforestation campaign. However, these efforts damaged forests as people...

North Korean efforts to clean up Pyongyang’s Potong River seem to have had some...

Recent North Korean efforts to improve the water quality of Pyongyang’s Potong River seem to have garnered some success, Daily NK has learned.  “Now there...
land management

Hunger trumps trees: N. Koreans uproot state reforestation for food crops

As North Korea's spring tree-planting season reaches its peak, residents in Ryanggang province are removing newly planted trees to grow food crops instead. This...

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