1.0North Korea News — Daily NK | Latest DPRK Updates 2026https://www.dailynk.com/englishKim Yoo Jinhttps://www.dailynk.com/english/author/kim-yoo-jin/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="PsLh6oGPK3"><a href="https://www.dailynk.com/english/authorities-crack-down-on-homemade-pesticides/">Authorities crack down on homemade pesticides</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.dailynk.com/english/authorities-crack-down-on-homemade-pesticides/embed/#?secret=PsLh6oGPK3" width="600" height="338" title="“Authorities crack down on homemade pesticides” — North Korea News — Daily NK | Latest DPRK Updates 2026" data-secret="PsLh6oGPK3" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.dailynk.com/english/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://www.dailynk.com/english/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/07/11-768x506-1.jpg768506The North Korean authorities have begun cracking down on the use of homemade pesticides and fertilizers as the harvest season approaches, following an order from the central government to treat such agricultural products as they would “illicit drugs,” sources in the country say. The authorities previously conducted an investigation into the continued appearance of deformed […]