Tag: south hamgyong province
North Koreans mock ‘second’ reforestation drive: ‘When did the first one...
North Korea is pushing a nationwide tree-planting drive under the banner of its "Second Reforestation Project," but on the ground in South Hamgyong province...
Pet shop in Pyongyang sparks anger and envy among North Korea’s...
North Koreans outside Pyongyang are reacting with resentment and disbelief after state media broadcast footage of Kim Jong Un and his daughter, Ju Ae,...
North Korean elite school student expelled for tutoring during school holiday
A student at an elite provincial school in North Hamgyong province has been forcibly transferred to an ordinary school after a neighbor reported the...
North Koreans unimpressed by missile tests as prices soar
North Koreans expressed frustration this week over a series of missile test launches carried out amid soaring food prices, with many people saying the...
North Korean children forced into streets for a week to perform...
North Korean schoolchildren as young as elementary age were forced to march through neighborhoods waving flowers and singing state songs for a full week...
North Korea’s military-civilian solidarity rallies draw public frustration
North Korea held a military-civilian solidarity rally in the city of Hamhung on March 6, but some people in South Hamgyong province say the...
North Korea’s wealthy youth buy cars they can’t drive, hire drivers...
Young North Koreans with wealthy parents are buying vehicles they cannot drive and hiring drivers to run them as taxis or freight haulers, turning...
North Korea’s inns become havens for drug deals as crackdowns intensify
Inns across North Korea are being converted into hubs for drug dealing and use as intensifying state crackdowns push narcotics activity further underground, a...
Pyongsong crackdown leaves shelves bare as North Korea pushes state commerce...
North Korea's crackdown on private markets is intensifying as the regime designates March a "month of commercial revolution," triggering sharp price spikes and supply...
Post-congress crackdown: North Korea conducts wired broadcast inspections to enforce ideological...
North Korean authorities are conducting household inspections of wired broadcast equipment across multiple provinces following the conclusion of the ninth Workers' Party of Korea...
