Tag: rations
Family of four found dead in North Korea’s Sakju county amid...
A family of four was found dead in Sakju county, North Pyongan province, in 2026, after reportedly struggling for some time with severe poverty,...
North Korea’s grain stores look more stable, but a good harvest...
North Korea's state-run grain stores appear to be operating more reliably than in previous years, but experts say the improvement reflects last year's bumper...
Officers’ wives brawl over rations as money trumps rank in North...
A fistfight broke out between military officers' wives waiting for food rations in Hamhung, South Hamgyong province, exposing how money is reshaping the social...
North Korean students mobilized to farm school land as rations dry...
North Korean students have barely settled into the new school year before being pulled out of class to expand school farmland plots, with parents...
North Korea fuel prices surge 20% as Iran war squeezes oil...
North Korea's market prices have surged for the second consecutive month, with fuel costs leading the way as gasoline and diesel prices each jumped...
Winter warfare preparations expose North Korea’s chronic military supply crisis
North Korea's II Corps has ordered nutritious food for soldiers ahead of winter exercises beginning Dec. 1, but the directive has sparked complaints from...
Fur and famine: N. Korea’s elite flout luxury bans as workers...
North Korea’s elite women are flaunting luxury fur coats worth millions of won—enough to buy a provincial home or feed a family for years—while...
North Korea launches app-based digital grain voucher system to control distribution
North Korea is launching an app-based system for rice distribution, with grain vouchers added to an electronic payment app on a trial basis in...
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,...
Pay to stay: N. Korean schools sell farmwork exemptions to students
North Korean schools are openly charging fees to excuse students from farmwork as the country's annual rice transplantation begins.
According to a source in South...
