Tag: farming
N. Korean rice and corn prices fall slightly following government measures
North Korea’s climbing grain prices have fallen slightly following the government’s prompt measures in response to a kilogram of rice selling for as much...
Sariwon reduces work hours on farms after elderly man collapses from...
After an elderly individual who was mobilized to help with farmwork collapsed from malnutrition, the municipal party committee in Sariwon hastily reduced work hours,...
N. Korea suspends classes for elementary school students in some regions
North Korea recently suspended classes for elementary school students in certain regions of the country to mobilize them for rice planting, leading to complaints...
Pyongyang fully mobilizes transportation services to get people to and from...
Pyongyang recently mobilized the city’s various transportation services to reduce people’s travel times to and from nearby farms during the country’s “agriculture mobilization period,”...
Ongjin County man given six months of forced labor for stealing...
A man in his 50s in Ongjin County was recently given six months of forced labor after he was arrested on charges of stealing...
Pyongyang officials, students sent to S. Hwanghae Province to help with...
Officials from North Korea’s main government agencies and students from Pyongyang-based universities are being dispatched to agricultural areas in South Hwanghae Province to help...
The annual “barley hump” set to hit some parts of North...
As North Korea nears the “barley hump” — the lean time in the spring before the barley harvest — residents of Hwapyong County, Chagang...
N. Korea cracks down on mobilization shirkers to increase labor at...
North Korea has issued general rural mobilization orders with the full-scale start of the planting season, but farms face manpower shortages as people shirk...
N. Korean fruit, vegetable farms suffer damage due to unseasonably low...
North Korean fruit and vegetable growers have suffered damage to their crops due to unseasonably low temperatures in March and April, Daily NK has...
N. Hwanghae Province supplies soy milk to elementary students mobilized for...
North Hwanghae Province recently ordered that young students mobilized for planting in farm fields be supplied with soy milk, Daily NK has learned.
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