Tag: farm
North Korea bans foreign currency wages, mandates cash payments in revised...
North Korea revised the Labor Wages Act in May to make it illegal for workers to be paid in foreign currency. In addition, the...
Smuggling crackdown leaves hungry border guards stealing from farms instead of...
Soldiers of the 25th Brigade of North Korea's border guard based in Ryanggang province have gone on a rampage of crop theft this harvest...
North Korean farms lose half their livestock to deadly heat wave
Animals are dying en masse in North Korea as record-breaking heat continues to bake the Korean Peninsula. Emergency measures in some parts of the...
N. Korea’s rural youth program fails as workers abandon farm posts
Despite North Korean authorities calling for the creation of all-youth work squads to help young people settle in agricultural communities, many young people still...
N. Korea targets farm corruption as legal violations surge
The justice department of Ryanggang province's people committee has launched intensive inspections of farms throughout the province. While officials claim their goal is to...
N. Pyongan cuts residential power for farming, still demands payment
North Pyongan province announced it will temporarily cut electricity to households for two months to supply more power to farms during the busy agricultural...
N. Korea launches advanced agricultural weather app with village-level precision
North Korea has released "Agricultural Weather 2.0," a mobile app providing detailed weather information down to the village level for farmers across the country.
According...
Provincial inspectors swarm South Pyongan farms in two-week seed review
South Pyongan province's farm management committee has been conducting a two-week inspection of wheat and barley fall planting operations at local farms, with a...
Shortened market hours affect South Pyongan vendors
South Pyongan provincial authorities ordered all markets to operate with reduced hours (4-7 p.m.) from October 1 to November 2 to facilitate the fall...
Two Onsong County officials face struggle session for non-socialist behavior
A public struggle session was held at a raw material base in Onsong County, North Hamgyong Province, in early April against two people who...
