Tag: food shortages
Snapshots from North Korea: August 26-30, 2024
North Korean prison inmates forced into grueling flood recovery work
Inmates at Seongan Correctional Facility in North Korea's Jagang province are being forced to work...
Satellite images show N. Korea razed large greenhouse near VIP guesthouse
Satellite images have captured the demolition and clearing of a large greenhouse site right next to the Kumsusan Guesthouse in Pyongyang.
Analysis of Sentinel-2A satellite...
Grain shortages and economic strain follow North Korean floods
North Korean market grain prices are skyrocketing. Recent heavy rains have hindered the corn harvest, and the North Korean authorities have restricted markets to...
What Uganda has that North Korea does not
In mid-June, I visited Uganda for an agricultural survey. It fulfilled a long-held wish after turning 60 — an impossible dream had I still...
Snapshots from North Korea: July 29-August 2, 2024
Mother reports daughter for watching S. Korean media, shocking N. Korean workers
Three female workers in their 20s from the Sinyang Export Clothing Factory in...
Floods ravage N. Korean border city, elderly man dies in tent...
Yanggang Province's city of Hyesan has been hit hard by recent monsoon rains, causing widespread flooding and damage to homes.
On Wednesday, a Daily NK...
N. Korean youth face grueling military drills despite harsh weather
North Korean youth are being forced to take part in outdoor military training despite sweltering weather as heavy rains and heat waves grip the...
An electricity hog: N. Korea’s Pyongyang Greenhouse Complex
One of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's top achievements is the construction of the Pyongyang Kangdong Comprehensive Greenhouse. Located in Bonghwa Village, Kangdong...
Shattered Dreams: The tragic journey of North Korean defectors in China
COVID-19 completely changed the fate of Eun-hye (pseudonym), a North Korean defector in her 30s who was living quietly as the wife of a...
N. Korean women’s union promotes superiority of socialist system
The North Korean Socialist Women's Union of Korea recently held lectures highlighting the supposed superiority of their socialist system, contrasting it with hardships in...
