Tag: pine nuts
North Korean forest rangers fired for using tree nurseries as personal...
Daily NK recently learned that the North Korean Cabinet conducted a thorough investigation of nationwide forestry service branches in September.
A source in North Hamgyong...
North Korea-China trade surges with imports of food, machinery and exports...
Trade between North Korea and China has picked up since North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited Beijing. North Korean trading companies are importing...
Currency chaos hits North Korea as yuan drops but prices stay...
The exchange rate between North Korean won and Chinese yuan has crashed in the border city of Sinuiju following Kim Jong Un's visit to...
North Korea’s processed goods push meets cold Chinese market reality
As North Korea seeks to develop its economy by exporting more processed goods, Chinese buyers still prefer raw materials, putting North Korean traders in...
Broken bodies, empty wallets: The hidden cost of harvesting pine nuts...
Heavy rains in North Korea's Ryanggang province have led to a surge in serious injuries among people harvesting pine nuts, with many Hyesan residents...
Hyesan buzzes with anticipation as N. Korea revives state-sanctioned smuggling
North Korea has restarted state-sanctioned smuggling along the Hyesan border, with regime-backed trading firms scrambling to capitalize on the Aug. 25 green light for...
North Koreans in Hyesan risk danger for pine nut profits
Some residents of Hyesan have recently been heading to Kim Jong Suk county to gather pine nuts, Daily NK has learned.
"Since July 25, some...
N. Korean government agencies and companies quickly buy up pine nuts...
With the arrival of the pine nut harvesting season, the Ministry of External Economic Relations recently ordered provincial trade bureaus to quickly buy up...
N. Korea tightens control over pine nut forests ahead of harvest...
Ahead of the start of the pine nut harvest season, North Korea’s Central Committee and the country’s Cabinet issued a joint order on Aug....
