Tag: farming
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...
N. Korea’s breadbasket suffers damage due to rains and winds
Farmland and crops in some parts of North Korea's two Hwanghae provinces, considered the country's breadbasket, have suffered damage due to recent rains and...
N. Korea exiles young people and their families after their refusal...
North Korean authorities recently exiled young people along with their families to rural mountainous areas after avoiding calls to “volunteer” to live in hard-to-survive...
Many farms in S. Pyongan Province damaged by unusually hot and...
A large number of North Korean farms in South Pyongan Province are reporting that their crops have been damaged by unusual weather this year,...
N. Korean rice prices continue upward march despite potato, wheat and...
Although North Korea is currently harvesting potatoes, wheat, barley and other rice-alternatives, the price of rice continues to increase in the country's markets. In...
Many in S. Pyongan Province frustrated over inadequate government response to...
Many people in South Pyongan Province are frustrated over the lack of response from the government to the severe damage to rice paddies and...
S. Hamgyong Province holds meeting to discuss purchases of potatoes, barley,...
With North Korea entering the harvest season for potatoes, barley and wheat, South Hamgyong Province's people committee recently held an emergency meeting to discuss...
Questions raised about N. Korea’s claim that rice transplanting has been...
Even though North Korea claims that it completed rice transplanting nationwide, work reportedly remains incomplete in many areas.
A source in South Pyongan Province told...
Some regions of N. Korea falsely claim completion of rice transplanting...
North Korea’s Rodong Sinmun recently claimed that the country had completed rice transplanting on time despite an unprecedented drought and the “maximum emergency anti-epidemic...
