Tag: jagang province
North Korea quietly hikes phone prices at the border
North Korea has quietly raised the prices of two mobile phone models sold in four border provinces, adding 500 Chinese yuan (about $74) to...
North Korea bans border gatherings, criminalizes talk of South Korea
North Korea has intensified controls on gatherings and private conversations in border areas, ordering that groups of three or more people be broken up...
North Korea’s spring planting season derailed by acute fuel shortages on...
Fuel shortages are forcing farm workers on North Korean collective farms to till fields by hand during the spring planting season of 2026, raising...
North Korea turns to China for cement as domestic output falls...
North Korea has significantly increased imports of Chinese cement since May 2026, as a sweeping regional construction campaign strains domestic production beyond its limits,...
North Korean farm officials lease state land for double profits as...
Farm officials in North Korea's Jagang province are leasing portions of state-owned agricultural land to private individuals for a fee, a scheme that allows...
North Korea vows new 10-year forest push, but satellite data reveals...
North Korea announced a second 10-year reforestation campaign in April 2026, pledging to restore degraded forests across the country through 2035 — but satellite...
North Korea cooking oil distribution falls flat as prices exceed reach...
North Korea distributed cooking oil ration vouchers to mark the April 15 birthday of founder Kim Il Sung in 2026, but the state-set price...
North Korea discharges soldiers early to send them to Russia as...
North Korea has been discharging soldiers early from active military service and sending them to Russia as overseas laborers, Daily NK has learned. Families...
North Korea halts state smuggling ahead of party congress
North Korean authorities suspended state smuggling across North Pyongan, North Hamgyong and Jagang provinces in early February, ahead of the Ninth Party Congress scheduled...
Pyongyang treats Russia combat veterans as state secrets rather than war...
North Korea is working to keep soldiers wounded in combat in Russia out of the public eye, spreading them across remote military hospitals and...
