Tag: poverty
N. Korean teenager murders mother after selling off rice for smokes,...
A teenage boy in Yanggang Province's Pungso County recently turned himself in after murdering his own mother, Daily NK has learned.
Speaking on condition of...
Two N. Korean street sellers talk about challenges they face
North Korean street sellers are taking a direct hit to their livelihoods as the authorities intensify their COVID-19-era curbs on streetside commerce. The intensified...
The annual “barley hump” set to hit some parts of North...
As North Korea nears the “barley hump” — the lean time in the spring before the barley harvest — residents of Hwapyong County, Chagang...
N. Korean farmers increasingly renting out idle land
Farms in the mountainous inland areas of South Pyongan Province are increasingly renting out idle land left unused because of farm worker shortages, Daily...
