Tag: rice transplanting
Satellite images show N. Korea’s fall harvest lagging behind last year
It is mid-October, and the fall harvest is well underway in North Korea's fields of golden grain. The harvest typically begins in late August...
Shortened market hours push N. Korean vendors toward home delivery services
Marketplaces in parts of North Korea continue operating only in the afternoon, months after the official reason for shorter hours has ended.
While some view...
Grain prices soar in N. Korea as won-dollar rate crosses 24,000
North Korean market prices are soaring again, with both grain prices and foreign exchange rates hitting record highs and driving continued volatility.
According to Daily...
Well-connected students use propaganda troupes to dodge N. Korean farm labor
With rice transplanting season underway at farms across North Korea, party committees at Pyongyang universities have been enrolling well-connected students in mobile artistic propaganda...
N. Korea’s west coast wheat and barley crops face severe stunting...
Wheat and barley crops growing on North Korea's west coast are severely stunted.
A source in South Pyongan province told Daily NK that winter wheat...
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...
N. Korea mobilizes all resources for rice planting season amid food...
North Korea is ordering all party organizations to provide workers and resources during rice planting season as part of a determined effort to boost...
N. Korea completes almost 70% of rice transplanting as of early...
Amid the travails of a chronic food shortage, North Korea has identified increasing grain production as its top economic priority for the year and...
N. Korean farm managers annoyed with constant snooping by central government...
As soon as North Korea's mobilization order for rice planting ended, another mobilization order was issued to send help to farms harvesting wheat and...
What N. Korean farmers could learn from South Korea
Not long ago, I happened to visit a farming village in Icheon, an area in South Korea's Gyeonggi Province. There was a touching beauty...
