Tag: jagang province
Empty wallets: North Korean farmers struggle as loan sources dry up
North Korean agricultural officials are scrambling to secure funding for farming supplies as the growing season gets into full swing. However, wealthy North Koreans...
N. Korean farmers lack basic resources to implement potato farming method
North Korea is heavily promoting the "Samjiyon-style potato farming method" to increase potato production nationwide, but farmers report severe shortages of essential resources including...
N. Korean trains narrowly avoid collision, prompting railway bureau investigation
Two trains narrowly avoided collision at a junction between the Kaechon railway bureau's Kujang and Buksinhyon stations, leading officials to convene an emergency closed-door...
Hunger drives N. Korean veterans to theft as support system fails
The Jagang provincial police are responding swiftly to poverty-related crimes committed by recently discharged military officers and have reported the matter to the provincial...
N. Korean students reject state university offers in favor of local...
Thirty students accepted into the Hamhung College of Pharmacy, a prestigious state-run university in North Korea's South Hamgyong province, declined to enroll this year....
N. Korean arms factories pivot to advanced weapons under Kim’s new...
North Korean arms factories have begun reorganizing production under Kim Jong Un's new military strategy. These abrupt changes are disrupting previous production plans and...
N. Korean junior officials lose sleep as superiors delegate ideological study...
Lower-level officials are losing sleep as they struggle to organize their superiors' study notes before the first-quarter political and ideological reviews. Despite Kim Jong...
Friendly fire: How a communication breakdown in N. Korea’s 29th brigade...
A clash along the North Korean border in Jagang province left both smugglers and soldiers injured after border guards attempted to crack down on...
Kim Jong Un orders munition factories to accelerate five-year defense plan...
Major munition factories in South Pyongan province have received an order from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to quickly achieve five key tasks...
N. Korea executes officials after agricultural inspection scandal sparks public outrage
North Korean authorities have carried out public executions of approximately ten officials involved in what the regime termed "mega crimes" in Jagang province's Usi...
