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North Korea farming remains one of the regime’s most persistent vulnerabilities, with chronic food insecurity rooted in poor soil, outdated infrastructure, ideological constraints on agricultural reform, and the ongoing tension between collective farming and the individual responsibility system. Daily NK covers North Korea farming through reports on harvest conditions, seasonal mobilizations, fertilizer and equipment shortages, agricultural policy directives from Pyongyang, and the ground-level reality facing farmers across the country’s provinces. Our in-country sources provide some of the most detailed and timely reporting on North Korea’s agricultural situation available in English.

North Korea’s rich pay to exempt kids from farm work

North Korea’s rich and powerful are increasingly paying school teachers to exempt their children from mandatory farm mobilizations, and schools are using these funds...

North Korean soldiers plunder civilian farmland

North Koreans with private plots of farmland are facing increased instances of theft by soldiers charged with harvesting food for military bases, Daily NK...

Man dies in industrial accident at tobacco farm

A young man in his early 20s died last month after becoming trapped in a drying machine on a tobacco farm in North Hamgyong...

Tobacco farm faces crisis after Typhoon Lingling

Delays on repairs to roads in South Hwanghae Province damaged by Typhoon Lingling has led to shortages of coal needed for tobacco farming and...

North Korea suffers mass deaths of grass-fed goats 

Despite North Korea’s attempts to increase the number of goats and other animals in the country, Daily NK sources have reported that state efforts...

Farmer facing six months in labor camp for theft

A farmer in Paekam County, Ryanggang Province, has been sentenced to six months of forced labor after stealing unripened potatoes and barley, Daily NK...

Teenager fights pine nut farm guards, killing one 

After entering a pine nut farm illegally, a teenager in Ryanggang Province defended himself from the farm’s guards with a knife, causing one fatality...

Typhoon Lingling ravages North Korea’s breadbasket

North Korea's Korean Central News Agency reported on Sunday that Typhoon Lingling caused five deaths and submerged farmland throughout the country. The news agency...

Facing food shortages, North Korea taps rice reserves

Significant quantities of military rice reserves at a storage facility in Daeosichon, Ryanggang Province, are being trucked out and may be heading to the...

North Koreans struggle on farms and in markets amid unrelenting heat...

Unification Media Group (UMG): We’re back for another rundown of the latest news and market trends from North Korea. Kang Mi Jin (Kang): North Korea...

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