Tag: electricity
N. Korea urges people to help fund construction of solar power...
North Korea is urging its people to help fund the construction of solar farms across the country, multiple sources inside the DPRK recently told...
Satellite campus of Kim Chaek University of Technology suffers blackouts
Students who recently sat for a Kangwon Distance Learning University entry exam had to retake the test after power outages shut down the remotely...
Pyongyang suffers frequent public transportation breakdowns
Pyongyangites often suffer inconveniences because of subway, railless trolley bus and tram breakdowns due to shortages of electricity and parts, a source in the...
S. Pyongan Province focuses resources on building medium-sized power plant
South Pyongan Province is dedicating resources to build a medium-sized power plant in Tokchon in an attempt to resolve shortages of electricity, Daily NK...
Kim Jong Un orders nuclear energy ministry to visit candidate sites...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un recently ordered the Ministry of Atomic Energy Industry to visit two or three candidate sites for the construction...
North Korea’s Cabinet orders tough crackdown on foreign electronic products sold...
North Korean authorities recently ordered a tough crackdown on the sales of foreign-made and privately produced electronic equipment in local markets and is moving...
Six Yanggang Province residents put on trial for siphoning off electricity
Six people in Yanggang Province’s Daehongdan County who earned money by siphoning off electricity from the national grid were recently put on public trial,...
N. Hamgyong Province cracks down on side businesses to curb electricity...
North Hamgyong Province recently launched a large-scale crackdown on individuals with side businesses as part of efforts to curb their consumption of electricity.
“The province...
Opposition to electricity meters still exists in North Korea
The North Korean government's ambitious efforts to install electricity meters in ordinary homes to measure electricity usage and draw fees based on those measurements...
N. Koreans in Ryanggang Province push back against high electricity rates
A North Korean source in Ryanggang Province reported recently that electricity rates in the province have risen considerably over the past several months, a...
