Tag: food shortages
Two families die in succession in Hoeryong due to lack of...
Recently, a family in Hoeryong, North Hamgyong Province, starved to death while another family chose to commit suicide as they, too, were facing starvation.
A...
N. Hamgyong Province witnesses soaring prices and more homeless on the...
With the hardships of people in border regions growing ever more severe as prices skyrocket amid the government's harsh disease control measures, an unprecedented...
N. Korean authorities arrest food seasonings wholesaler
A North Korean wholesaler was recently arrested by the Ministry of State Security for smuggling in a large amount of food seasonings from China,...
Pyongyangites given rice reserved for the military amid food shortages
North Korean authorities have released military rice and other reserves to Pyongyangites as part of an effort to make up for several months without...
Life in Pyongyang through the perspective of those who live there
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's focus recently has been on his country's capital city of Pyongyang.
Kim, during a Politburo meeting held last month,...
Cabbage farm supplying Pyongyang suffers from pests and disease
North Korean authorities recently conducted an investigation into a farm producing cabbage for Pyongyang denizens that suffered from poor crop yields due to pests...
N. Korean military orders soldiers to “breed more rabbits”
North Korean military authorities recently handed down an order to soldiers and their families to raise more rabbits and, in an unprecedented move, included...
Kim Jong Un orders military-run fishery station to increase catch this...
North Korean leader recently ordered the military-run "August 25 Fishery Station" to increase its catch of fish by 2,000 tons more than last year...
N. Korean farmers increasingly renting out idle land
Farms in the mountainous inland areas of South Pyongan Province are increasingly renting out idle land left unused because of farm worker shortages, Daily...
