Tag: farming
N. Korea expels money changers amid currency crackdown
North Korea has intensified its crackdown on foreign currency exchanges as market rates continue to climb. In recent weeks, authorities have banished multiple money...
North Korea’s Ansok Tideland struggles with poor rice harvest after flood...
Recent satellite imagery analysis has revealed that rice production in Ansok Tideland, Onchon county, South Pyongan province, was not particularly good. Ansok Tideland was...
Satellite analysis reveals extent of N. Korean flood devastation
Following the severe damage to farmland in the Yalu River basin caused by heavy rains in late July, recent satellite images have revealed significant...
N. Korean doctors turn to bribery to make ends meet
North Korean doctors, struggling to survive on meager government rations, are increasingly turning to bribery and farming on hospital grounds instead of treating patients.
"Even...
N. Korean factory scolded for weak rural labor support
The Kangwon Province Party Committee has rebuked a factory in Wonsan for its lackluster participation in rural labor mobilizations, Daily NK has learned.
Speaking on...
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...
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...
What N. Korean farmers could learn from South Korea
Not long ago, I happened to visit a farming village in Icheon, an area in South Korea's Gyeonggi Province. There was a touching beauty...
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...
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...
