Tag: mass mobilizations
N. Korean officials force unpopular labor mobilizations, leaving local leaders to...
A neighborhood office in Chongam district, Chongjin, North Hamgyong province, is forcing people to participate in mandatory labor in the second half of the...
Pyongyang officials told to lead rice-planting mobilization as May campaign approaches
Pyongyang officials have been instructed to lead upcoming rural support mobilizations as North Korea prepares for rice-planting season.
The Pyongyang Party Committee's Propaganda and Agitation...
What N. Korean farmers could learn from South Korea
Not long ago, I happened to visit a farming village in Icheon, an area in South Korea's Gyeonggi Province. There was a touching beauty...
Hyesan mobilizes some 8,000 students to celebrate Kim Il Sung’s birthday
Hyesan authorities mobilized around 8,000 students for a large-scale event to celebrate Kim Il Sung's birthday on Apr. 15. The event was by far...
N. Korea lifts restrictions on the operation of markets in some...
North Korean authorities have recently lifted restrictions on some of the country’s general markets, Daily NK has learned.
According to multiple Daily NK sources in...
Hamhung university students mobilized to work on farms despite pandemic
Universities in Hamhung were recently ordered by the government to send students to support nearby agricultural areas over a period of 25 days, a...
N. Korea permits mass mobilizations of factory workers to agricultural areas
Faced with pressing food and rural labor shortages, North Korea recently began permitting mass mobilizations of factory workers to provide labor in agricultural areas,...
