Tag: forests
S. Hwanghae bans forest access through mid-December, naming deputy chairs as...
South Hwanghae province establishes checkpoints at forest entry points and deploys lookout teams with inspection authority as regime warns starting fires "amounts to an...
Satellite analysis reveals Kim residence 10 degrees cooler than Pyongyang’s heat...
As June begins and summer arrives, the heat that started in late May is gradually intensifying. Weather forecasts predict another extremely hot year due...
N. Korea’s ‘Arbor Day paradox’: How tree-planting initiatives are destroying forests
North Korea promoted nationwide tree-planting initiatives for Arbor Day (March 14) as part of a reforestation campaign. However, these efforts damaged forests as people...
Nature’s bounty or state property? N. Korea’s war on unauthorized foraging
North Korea has recently seen an increase in illegal hunting and foraging, as well as smuggling game and herbs out of the country or...
Pyongyang faces pushback in gravesite removal efforts
Pyongyang has ordered the removal of graves from hills near downtown as part of reforestation efforts, but the orders are not being fully complied...
N. Korea’s rural areas suffer from high rates of infant mortality
The infant mortality rate in North Korea's rural areas is higher than in the country's cities, a source in the country told Daily NK...
Many N. Koreans can’t heat homes due to firewood shortage
As North Korea faces a huge drop in temperatures down to 20 degrees Celsius below zero at times, many North Korean families in the...
Rodong Sinmun: Kim Jong Un urges for measures to be taken...
North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un is personally urging for “thorough countermeasures” to be taken to prevent forest fires from breaking out this spring,...
Three Revolutions Team member arrested for spreading “reactionary thought and culture”
A Three Revolutions Team member at a logging camp in Pungso County, Yanggang Province, was arrested on Mar. 11 for “infecting the work team...
Kim Jong Un orders military to take lead in farmwork, reforestation...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un recently ordered the Korean People’s Army (KPA) to take the initiative in farmwork and reforestation this year, Daily...
