Tag: vegetables
North Korean island vanishing as Pyongyang extracts sand and gravel for...
Daily NK reported that uninhabited islands in Pyongyang's Taedong River have recently begun disappearing due to indiscriminate aggregate extraction. Satellite image analysis of the...
N. Korea’s elite food waste creates rare meat bonanza for hungry...
Large quantities of meat were recently distributed to select official markets in Pyongyang, creating unusual scenes of crowds swarming around meat stalls.
A source in...
Market chaos in N. Korea: Currency crisis devastates trade
A wave of inflation is crushing North Korean markets as exchange rates soar and the local currency plummets. The dollar's value has jumped 20-30%...
Falsified weights spark daily confrontations in N. Korea’s markets
Tensions have grown between buyers and sellers in North Korea's markets as more merchants falsify the weight of their goods.
"In Hamhung's Sapo Market and...
Satellites show North Korean wheat, barley cultivation up 22% under Kim’s...
Since 2021, when Kim Jong Un ordered a shift in grain production to address food shortages, North Korea has been promoting wheat and barley...
N. Korea’s currency crisis forces return to barter economy
The North Korean won has plunged in value, driving exchange rates for U.S. dollars and Chinese yuan to record highs. In response, North Koreans...
‘Not enough’: N. Korean farm workers push back against harvest allocations
Farm workers in North Korea are expressing frustration over receiving small allocations of the fall harvest despite their year-round labor, with tensions exemplified by...
Economic strain intensifies: N. Korean food prices surge despite fall harvest
Despite the fall harvest, the price of rice in North Korean markets is skyrocketing. A kilogram now costs over 7,000 North Korean won in...
Economic woes sour Hyesan’s fruit market despite price cuts
Fruit prices in Hyesan's markets have recently plummeted, with both domestic and imported varieties available. Despite the lower costs, vendors are struggling with slow...
North Korean farmers in Hoeyrong resist corn guard duty
North Korean farmers in Hoeryong are protesting a recent order to double night patrols and set up stationary guards to protect the corn harvest,...
