Tag: food shortages

North Korea's state-run grain stores are operating more reliably than in previous years, but the grain they sell continues to draw complaints about poor...

Satellite imagery analysis of three major North Korean agricultural regions in May 2026 shows that spring wheat and barley cultivation has declined overall compared...

Young women in North Korea are increasingly unwilling to date or marry men who lack a stable income or clear earning potential, a sharp...

Market traders in North Korea are increasingly taking on home-based piecework to supplement their earnings, with vendors in Hyesan turning to wig and eyelash...

North Korea's Cabinet issued an emergency order on May 12, 2026, capping rice prices in the country's markets, but the move has driven traders...

Fishers operating out of Chongjin in North Hamgyong province are struggling to make ends meet during the peak squid season after the state expanded...

North Korea has ordered a mass mobilization for the rice transplanting season in North Pyongan province even as some farms in the region have...

Fuel shortages are forcing farm workers on North Korean collective farms to till fields by hand during the spring planting season of 2026, raising...

Fish farms across North Korea are preparing for the spring fingerling release season, but soaring feed costs and mounting maintenance expenses are pushing facilities...

On April 15, the day North Korea marks the birth of founding leader Kim Il Sung with elaborate state celebrations, I was combing through...