Tag: quotas
North Korea pushes fourth weeding round, straining mobilized workers
North Korean authorities are demanding a fourth round of rural weeding this year, up from the usual three, mobilizing workplaces, neighborhood units and students...
New tag rule tightens grip on N. Korea markets
North Korean market authorities in Sinuiju, North Pyongan province, have begun requiring merchants to publicly display "item inspection tags" listing a product's origin and...
North Korean households squeezed by human waste quotas as state touts...
Neighborhood watch units in parts of North Korea have ordered each household to submit 50 kilograms of dried human waste as fertilizer by mid-July...
North Korea demands detailed rice-planting reports from Hwanghae farms
North Korea's central authorities ordered South and North Hwanghae provinces, the country's leading rice-growing region, on June 9, 2026, to compile detailed rice-transplanting reports...
North Korea soldiers forced into soybean farming say officers take the...
North Korean soldiers stationed in Hamhung, the capital of South Hamgyong province, have been mobilized en masse for soybean planting on military-run auxiliary farms,...
North Korea’s fish farms struggle to survive as state demands results...
Fish farms across North Korea are preparing for the spring fingerling release season, but soaring feed costs and mounting maintenance expenses are pushing facilities...
Overburdened North Korea teachers say profession has lost its appeal amid...
Teachers at a middle school in Chongjin have been ordered to produce teaching aids outside their subject areas ahead of a citywide instructional materials...
North Korea’s forest officers now feared more than police amid reforestation...
Forest supervision officers in North Korea have sharply intensified enforcement activity in April as authorities push forward with the country's second-phase reforestation drive, with...
North Korea’s self-reliance push costs factory worker a finger
A technician at a coal mining machinery factory in Chongjin lost a finger recently while attempting to produce insulating paper using scrap lumber, an...
N. Korean trade officials face political pressure to boost performance
North Korean authorities have gathered Pyongyang's trade officials to pressure them into raising state quotas for the second half of the year. This was...
