Tag: south hwanghae province
N. Korea dispatches inspection team to verify cash wage implementation on...
A joint task force from the ruling party and Cabinet will monitor South Hwanghae province farms until early next year to assess the effectiveness...
North Korean logistics officers profiteer from grain collection as rice prices...
As officers from the logistics departments of government agencies begin collecting grain, they are profiteering by tampering with the ratio of rice received, as...
Why North Korean troops fear “assignments” more than combat duty
A North Korean young man performing his military service in the riot police was beaten unconscious by a group of his superiors, prompting an...
Farm labor shortages force North Korea to trap discharged soldiers in...
A North Korean couple from different parts of the country—the man from the interior and the woman from the border—may have to call off...
Forest rangers and desperate villagers clash as N. Korea’s reforestation push...
Frequent fights are erupting between North Korea's rural residents who illegally fell trees out of desperation to secure firewood for the winter and the...
North Korean farm workers moonlight as paid replacements during harvest mobilization
As North Korea's national mobilization for the fall harvest nears its conclusion, a bizarre trend has emerged of farm workers being paid to serve...
North Korea cracks down on tomb relocation rumor in South Hwanghae...
In some regions of South Hwanghae province, a baseless rumor is spreading that "disaster will strike your family if you don't move your ancestor's...
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...
N. Korea hosts lavish retiree celebrations for party anniversary
North Korea celebrated meritorious retirees at welfare centers nationwide in an unprecedentedly grand event marking the 80th anniversary of the ruling Workers' Party, a...
Abandoned babies found in N. Korean countryside amid worsening rural conditions
Several cases of infant abandonment have emerged across North Korea in recent months, with babies being discovered in remote rural areas of the country.
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