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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farming remains one of the regime’s most persistent vulnerabilities, with chronic food insecurity rooted in poor soil, outdated infrastructure, ideological constraints on agricultural reform, and the ongoing tension between collective farming and the individual responsibility system.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 mobilizes labor for rice planting even as seedlings lag...

North Korea has ordered a mass mobilization for the rice transplanting season in North Pyongan province even as some farms in the region have...

North Korea dismisses officials who missed military supply quotas tied to...

North Korean authorities have launched a sweeping personnel shake-up in South Pyongan province in May 2026, dismissing and reassigning officials who underperformed in a...

North Korea’s spring planting season derailed by acute fuel shortages on...

Fuel shortages are forcing farm workers on North Korean collective farms to till fields by hand during the spring planting season of 2026, raising...

North Korea’s fish farms struggle to survive as state demands results...

Fish farms across North Korea are preparing for the spring fingerling release season, but soaring feed costs and mounting maintenance expenses are pushing facilities...

North Korea’s farm labor exemptions for top students spark fairness row

A Ryanggang province party committee directive exempting top-scoring students from seasonal farm labor mobilization has ignited a fairness dispute among parents, with many arguing...

North Korean farm officials lease state land for double profits as...

Farm officials in North Korea's Jagang province are leasing portions of state-owned agricultural land to private individuals for a fee, a scheme that allows...

Break-ins hit South Hamgyong villages during planting season as police do...

A wave of break-ins is sweeping rural areas of South Hamgyong province in April as thieves exploit the spring planting season to target homes...

ASF resurges in North Korea, pushing pork prices higher and exposing...

African swine fever (ASF), a highly contagious and often fatal viral disease in pigs for which no vaccine currently exists, is spreading again across...

North Korean farmers ditch food crops for cash crops as market...

North Korean farmers in parts of North Pyongan province are increasingly abandoning staple food crops on their private plots in favor of higher-value cash...

North Korea factories join spring foraging scramble, squeezing out ordinary people

As spring foraging season gets underway across North Korea, workers from state-run food factories have joined the annual race for wild mountain vegetables. Their...

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