Tag: south hwanghae province
Satellites show North Korea’s rice planting running ahead of schedule
North Korea's farms are planting rice slightly faster than in past years, with progress in 2026 running 2.7 percentage points ahead across eight sample...
North Korea publicly executes two graduates over South Korean videos
North Korea publicly executed two young men in Haeju, South Hwanghae province, in late May 2026 after arresting them for distributing banned videos, including...
North Korea expands rice-paddy fish farming drive, farm workers push back
North Korea has been pushing rice-paddy fish farming as an organic, low-cost method to boost grain output and supplement the food supply, but farmers...
North Korea’s wheat and barley acreage shrinks in key farming regions,...
Satellite imagery analysis of three major North Korean agricultural regions in May 2026 shows that spring wheat and barley cultivation has declined overall compared...
North Korea forces coastal fish farms to ditch Chinese partners, upending...
North Korean authorities have been forcing coastal aquaculture enterprises in South Hwanghae province to abandon their existing Chinese trading partners and replace them with...
Three words humbled a North Korean checkpoint inspector and got him...
A single claim of membership in the Kim Il Sung-Kim Jong Il Fund was enough to cut short the career of a North Korean...
Officers’ families in South Hwanghae squeezed by corn levy linked to...
Families of North Korean military officers stationed in South Hwanghae province have been ordered to donate corn by March 30 as part of a...
Timing is everything: North Korea’s winter soldiers feel lucky in February
North Korean soldiers undergoing the final month of the country's annual winter military exercises in February 2025 are expressing relief and excitement, saying they...
North Korea propaganda truck breaks down during morning rush hour in...
With propaganda campaigns more active than ever throughout North Korea ahead of the Ninth Party Congress, the driver of a loudspeaker truck in Haeju,...
North Korea’s shellfish workers lose half their wages to employers
North Korea's aggressive expansion of aquaculture operations has created a system of labor exploitation along the country's west coast, where workers assigned to collect...
