1.0North Korea News — Daily NK | Latest DPRK Updates 2026https://www.dailynk.com/englishDaily NKhttps://www.dailynk.com/english/author/dailynk/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="8dvSKBnO6Z"><a href="https://www.dailynk.com/english/centralized-control-of-jangmadang/">Centralized Control of Jangmadang … Onsung, Rice 1kg, 1,200 won</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.dailynk.com/english/centralized-control-of-jangmadang/embed/#?secret=8dvSKBnO6Z" width="600" height="338" title="“Centralized Control of Jangmadang … Onsung, Rice 1kg, 1,200 won” — North Korea News — Daily NK | Latest DPRK Updates 2026" data-secret="8dvSKBnO6Z" 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> [imText1]In June, the peak of rice-planting season, North Korean authorities station security guards at the crossroads of Jangmadang (a type of black market), and get undercover police officers to wander the streets and regulate sellers. During the rice-planting ‘period of full mobilization’ goods that are sold secretly are all confiscated. It has also been learned […]