Tag: food shortages
N. Korean farming households see drop in income due to state-run...
The incomes of North Korean farming households have fallen significantly since the country began operating state-run food shops nationwide, Daily NK has learned.
State-run food...
More and more N. Pyongan Province families pass out due to...
A growing number of families in North Pyongan Province are growing so hungry that they are passing out, Daily NK has learned.
A source in...
Pyongyangites preparing for military parade collapse due to exhaustion, malnutrition
Amid North Korea's preparations for its major Feb. 8 military parade, several Pyongyang residents mobilized for the preparations were hospitalized after collapsing from intensive...
N. Korean police probe death of family living in mountainous area...
After a family of three living in a tent in a mountainous area of Yanggang Province was discovered dead recently, police have launched an...
N. Korea intensifies crackdowns on rice wholesalers and resellers
North Korean authorities are intensifying their crackdowns on food wholesalers and resellers in Bukchang County, a source in South Hamgyong Province told Daily NK...
Pyongyang’s chief party secretary orders distribution of food to starving families
Kim Su Gil was named the chief secretary of Pyongyang's party committee during the Sixth Plenary Meeting of the Eighth Central Committee in late...
N. Korea’s national police agency cracks down on homeless in Pyongyang
The Ministry of Social Security recently issued a special order regarding homeless beggars — or kkotjebi — who have sneaked into Pyongyang, Daily NK...
N. Korean mother and son found dead in Hyesan home
In November, a mother in her 40s and her teenage son were found dead in their home in Hyesan, Yanggang Province, Daily NK has...
N. Korea increases fishing operations to break past economic difficulties
North Korea has recently been permitting an increase in fishing operations, even as the country remains on guard against COVID-19. However, this move appears to...
Elderly man beaten to death for 10 kilograms of corn in...
A man in his 60s was beaten to death in Kilju County, North Hamgyong Province, in mid-December, Daily NK has learned.
A source in North...
