Tag: harvest
Spring greens season draws N. Koreans to mountains as schools empty
North Koreans are flocking to fields and mountains as the spring greens season gets into full swing. In the mountainous regions of South Pyongan...
Spring hunger forces N. Korean rural families to borrow grain at...
The number of "food-poor families" has recently grown as North Korea's spring hunger season intensifies, worsening the already severe seasonal food shortages.
"The number of...
Empty promises, empty stomaches: The plight of N. Korean farmers under...
North Korean farmers are growing increasingly resentful as the ruling party's interference in their autonomy reaches new extremes. While authorities boast of an unprecedented...
Grain prices surge as N. Korea enters annual spring food shortage
Grain prices across North Korean markets have begun climbing since mid-February, reversing the downward trend observed since December. With the arrival of the annual...
N. Korean province turn to bank loans to counter private lending...
North Hwanghae's provincial people's committee plans to facilitate bank loans to farms for spring planting, Daily NK has learned.
According to a source in the...
N. Korea tightens state control over grain trade through legal reform
North Korea has steadily increased state control over the country's grain trade through legal amendments, shifting these activities away from autonomous markets. A significant...
North Korean food prices soar as currency crisis deepens
North Korean food prices have hit record highs, deepening hardship across the country.
According to Daily NK's regular market survey, rice prices exceeded 8,000 North...
‘Not enough’: N. Korean farm workers push back against harvest allocations
Farm workers in North Korea are expressing frustration over receiving small allocations of the fall harvest despite their year-round labor, with tensions exemplified by...
“Going through the motions”: N. Korean farms still rely on homemade...
North Korean farms, having completed the harvest, are rushing to finish grass compost production before winter. Farmers are frustrated at being forced to continue...
“How will we survive?”: No potato rations this year in major...
Ryanggang province, North Korea's largest potato-producing region, has completely halted its annual potato distribution to local residents this fall. This is expected to cause...
