Tag: potatoes
North Korean workers complain after receiving meager rations for Workers’ Party...
After the fall harvest, North Korea's North Hamgyong province distributed rations to workers at major enterprises to mark the 80th anniversary of the Workers'...
Parents struggle as potato harvest costs shift to mobilized students
Students in Ryanggang province have been mobilized for this year's potato harvest, facing unprecedented financial burdens due to severe inflation.
According to a Daily NK...
Street children return to North Korea as food prices soar
Homeless children are reappearing on North Korean streets as soaring food prices drive desperate families deeper into poverty.
Children begging and stealing food around markets...
N. Koreans grow tired of potato-heavy diet
While the summer harvest brings relief from wondering where the next meal will come from, many North Koreans have grown tired of eating mostly...
N. Korean rice prices stabilize at record highs
North Korean rice prices have settled around 12,000 won per kilogram after breaking the 10,000 won barrier for the first time on record. Meanwhile,...
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...
“How will we survive?”: No potato rations this year in major...
Ryanggang province, North Korea's largest potato-producing region, has completely halted its annual potato distribution to local residents this fall. This is expected to cause...
North Korean farmers in Hoeyrong resist corn guard duty
North Korean farmers in Hoeryong are protesting a recent order to double night patrols and set up stationary guards to protect the corn harvest,...
North Korean farmer punished with unpaid labor for salvaging plastic to...
A North Korean farmer was recently sentenced to unpaid labor for using recycled plastic film without permission to protect his rain-damaged home, Daily NK...
Yanggang Province residents roam cities to collect potato peels
A growing number of residents of Yanggang Province are roaming around cities to collect potato peels, Daily NK has learned.
A source in Yanggang Province...
