Tag: ginseng
N. Korea, Chinese firm meet to boost ginseng liquor sales
As North Korea quietly works to expand exports to China, representatives from a Chinese company selling North Korean Kaesong Koryo Ginseng Liquor and a...
Self-reliance in healthcare: N. Korean hospitals manufacture traditional remedies as drug...
Local hospitals across North Korea are actively manufacturing their own medicines following the regime's "self-reliance" directive.
According to a Daily NK source in North Pyongan...
Behind the packaging: N. Korea quietly outsources product design to Chinese...
While North Korea promotes its premium food products as "achievements of our technology," the packaging and label designs for these items are being outsourced...
North Korean banks ordered to round up idle currency amid economic...
North Korean authorities have ordered commercial banks to intensify efforts to collect idle local and foreign currency from the public. The directive, issued by...
N. Korea mandates shift from raw material to processed goods exports
North Korean authorities recently ordered trade agencies to shift from exporting raw materials to processed goods, causing significant disruption to regional trading companies that...
Satellite imagery shows production underway at Kaesong complex
I recently reviewed recent developments at the Kaesong Industrial Complex using satellite imagery. Thermal infrared data from NASA's Landsat-8 satellite was used to analyze...
N. Korean agricultural commission investigates ginseng farms near Kaesong
On Nov. 10, North Korea’s Agricultural Commission sent a team of investigators to conduct a two-week inspection of ginseng farms around the city of...
