Tag: mining
North Koreans skip state mobilization to run private gold operations from...
North Korean people living near gold mines in North Pyongan province have converted their homes into makeshift processing operations, crushing and washing ore to...
North Korea expands minerals-for-investment deals with Chinese partners
North Korea is expanding a minerals-for-investment arrangement with Chinese partners, offering raw tungsten and molybdenum ore as payment for mining equipment and capital. Trading...
North Korea’s China consulates hit with sweeping inspection, pre-dawn raids
North Korea's consulates in China were subjected to a sweeping inspection last month, with auditors conducting unannounced pre-dawn searches of staff residences on multiple...
Economic desperation drives surge of North Korean women into hazardous mining...
Several North Koreans who had resorted to gold mining as a last resort in the face of economic difficulties recently died when mines collapsed,...
Pyongyang’s mining recruitment crisis: Free housing can’t keep workers from fleeing
North Korea is forcing discharged soldiers and young people to fill gaps at the country's mines, offering housing, matchmaking services and material assistance to...
Pyongyang’s vanishing islands: Satellite images reveal aggressive sand mining in Taedong...
Recent satellite images capture the gradual disappearance of uninhabited islands in the Taedong River in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang as a result...
North Korea launches 100-day coal production campaign with food incentives for...
North Korea has launched a "100-day battle of loyalty" to boost coal production in commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the Workers' Party's founding,...
Kim Jong Un’s China visit triggers massive coal build up at...
North Korea has been amassing large quantities of coal at Nampo Port since Kim Jong Un's visit to China. This appears to be preparation...
North Korean children drown in pools left by gold miners
As North Korean children play in water to escape the summer heat, parents worry about the drownings that happen around this time every year.
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Satellite evidence points to heightened operations at N. Korean nuclear site
I took another look at North Korea's uranium refinery in Pyongsan county, North Hwanghae province, using various satellite images. I utilized thermal IR and...
