Tag: farming
Agricultural officials in several regions punished for failing to achieve annual...
Agricultural bureaucrats in several regions of North Korea were recently disciplined during general reviews held ahead of a Central Committee plenary meeting scheduled for...
N. Korea instructs farms to focus on wheat following poor harvest
North Korea recently instructed agricultural officials to focus on wheat farming as part of nationwide efforts to change the country’s “grain production structure."
In fact,...
N. Korean agricultural commission investigates ginseng farms near Kaesong
On Nov. 10, North Korea’s Agricultural Commission sent a team of investigators to conduct a two-week inspection of ginseng farms around the city of...
N. Korea investigates reasons behind S. Pyongan Province’s poor grain yields
North Korea’s Cabinet is inspecting the agricultural management committee of South Pyongan Province over the province’s poor wheat and barley yields, Daily NK has...
N. Korean officials look for people to blame for agricultural shortfalls
Farms in some areas of North Korea have fallen far short of their production targets, which has led North Korean authorities to discuss the...
N. Korea’s poor potato harvest leaves many retirees without potato rations
The poor potato harvest in Yanggang Province has left many retirees without government distributions of potatoes, Daily NK has learned.
“While potato handouts began in...
N. Korea dispatches “party guidance teams” to watch over fall harvest...
In early October, North Korea dispatched special teams made up of party cadres to collective farms across the country as part of efforts to...
Central government officials sent to monitor farms in S. Hwanghae Province
Officials from the Cabinet’s Agricultural Commission have descended on the farms of South Hwanghae Province — North Korea’s breadbasket — to take command of...
N. Korea orders high-level officials to support farming communities during fall...
In early September, North Korea ordered officials from the Central Committee of the Workers' Party and government ministries to “fully mobilize” to support agricultural communities...
N. Korean rice prices fall after climbing past KPW 6,000 per...
North Korean rice prices appear to be falling this month after climbing past KPW 6,000 a kilogram in late July.
According to Daily NK’s regular...
