Tag: mobilizations
North Pyongan Province orders a stop to illegal home additions
The North Pyongan Province People's Committee has begun to crack down on people who illegally build additions to their houses to accommodate two families....
Elementary schooler breaks arm while loading garbage truck at school
A third-grade boy at an elementary school in Hamhung, South Hamgyong Province, got in an accident and broke his arm while being forced to...
N. Korea cracks down on mobilization shirkers to increase labor at...
North Korea has issued general rural mobilization orders with the full-scale start of the planting season, but farms face manpower shortages as people shirk...
N. Korean high schoolers encounter flasher on the way to clean...
Two North Korean high school girls in Hyesan remain traumatized after encountering a male flasher as they headed to clean statues of Kim Il...
Sariwon officials launch crackdown on money changers for avoiding manure campaign
Authorities in the North Hwanghae Province city of Sariwon recently carried out an intensive crackdown on money changers for failing to properly participate in...
Several boys arrested for stealing scrap metal from the ruins of...
Security agents in Kaesong recently arrested several boys who secretly entered the ruins of the Inter-Korean Liaison Office to collect scrap metal.
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Pyongyangites suffer from a slew of mobilization and collection orders in...
Since the start of the new year, Pyongyang residents have been suffering from a slew of mobilization orders and government-ordered collection quotas, Daily NK...
One N. Korean farmer’s view of the state of his country’s...
As part of its focus on bolstering the agricultural sector and increasing the harvest, North Korea boosted the budget for rural construction and environmental...
Malnourished soldiers providing little help to N. Korea’s agricultural areas
Even though North Korea is mobilizing soldiers to support agricultural villages during the rice planting season, the soldiers are providing little help to agricultural...
North Korean women in Hyesan voice discontent over forced labor
There is growing discontent in Hyesan following the forced mobilization of members of the Socialist Women's Union of Korea (SWUK) for construction projects, Daily...
