Tag: workers

Fuel shortages are forcing farm workers on North Korean collective farms to till fields by hand during the spring planting season of 2026, raising...

Fish farms across North Korea are preparing for the spring fingerling release season, but soaring feed costs and mounting maintenance expenses are pushing facilities...

Two soldiers beat a taxi driver bloody in Hyesan, Ryanggang province, after he refused to give them a free ride, according to a Daily...

A wave of break-ins is sweeping rural areas of South Hamgyong province in April as thieves exploit the spring planting season to target homes...

Teachers at a middle school in Chongjin have been ordered to produce teaching aids outside their subject areas ahead of a citywide instructional materials...

Forest supervision officers in North Korea have sharply intensified enforcement activity in April as authorities push forward with the country's second-phase reforestation drive, with...

North Korea's foreign currency earning operations in North Pyongan province have stepped up activity in April, with raw materials procurement officers fanning out across...

A technician at a coal mining machinery factory in Chongjin lost a finger recently while attempting to produce insulating paper using scrap lumber, an...

A longstanding informal labor arrangement in North Korea is taking on a new form, with factory workers now directly distributing factory-made goods and remitting...

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...