{"id":38632,"date":"2018-11-26T14:53:39","date_gmt":"2018-11-26T05:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=38632"},"modified":"2020-01-17T09:22:16","modified_gmt":"2020-01-17T00:22:16","slug":"north-korean-coal-briquette-factories-open-their-doors-ahead-of-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korean-coal-briquette-factories-open-their-doors-ahead-of-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korean coal briquette factories open their doors ahead of winter"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_38635\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38635\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/North-kora-mine-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38635\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/North-kora-mine-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/North-kora-mine-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/North-kora-mine-1-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/North-kora-mine-1-768x504.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/North-kora-mine-1-696x457.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/North-kora-mine-1-741x486.jpg 741w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/North-kora-mine-1-640x420.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38635\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kumya <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/n-korean-youth-delay-marriage-as-housing-crisis-deepens\/\">Youth<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/kim-jong-uns-china-visit-triggers-massive-coal-build-up-at-key-n-korean-port\/\">Coal<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korea-launches-100-day-coal-production-campaign-with-food-incentives-for-miners\/\">Mine<\/a> in South Hamgyong Province. Image: Yonhap News Agency<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/n-koreans-struggle-to-obtain-wind-blockers-as-winter-approaches\/\">Winter<\/a> is fast approaching in North Korea, and sources in some parts of the country <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korea-deadly-covid-lie\/\">report<\/a> that newly-built coal briquette <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/n-korea-blames-factory-defects-on-loyalty-issues\/\">factories<\/a> are opening one after another.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the winter season is approaching, new coal briquette factories are being exempted from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/kim-jong-un-orders-propaganda-overhaul-on-partys-80th-anniversary\/\">Party<\/a> tasks so they can focus solely on production,\u201d a source in North Pyongan Province said during a conversation with Daily NK on November 14.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cParty tasks include jobs like planting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-koreans-question-reforestation-campaigns-planted-trees-disappear-firewood-each-winter\/\">trees<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/washed-out-bridge-remains-unrepaired-as-north-korean-officials-profit-from-detours\/\">road<\/a> maintenance, and other national-level <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korean-logistics-officials-scramble-feed-workers\/\">construction<\/a> tasks that are directed towards factories and businesses by the North Korean <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/cabinet-price-controls-backfire-as-north-korean-market-costs-surge\/\">government<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>North Korea generally mobilizes its citizens and businesses when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/kim-jong-uns-china-visit-yields-new-front-in-north-koreas-sanctions-evasion-campaign\/\">it<\/a> requires <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/n-korean-officials-froce-unpopular-labor-mobilizations-leaving-local-leaders-to-face-public-anger\/\">labor<\/a> for national projects. For example, in October <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/university-students-ordered-to-help-manage-hyesan-samjiyon-train-tracks\/\">several factories and businesses were ordered to participate in the building and maintenance of roads and railroad tracks connecting areas between Samjiyon and Hyesan<\/a>. Despite the routine frequency of such tasks, coal briquette factories are receiving a special exemption so they can focus on production.<\/p>\n<p>The policy appears to be in response to international <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/russia-turns-to-north-korean-workers-amid-western-sanctions\/\">sanctions<\/a> on the export of coal. With coal products now unexportable on account of international sanctions targeting North Korea for its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/satellite-evidence-points-heightened-operations-north-korean-nuclear-site\/\">nuclear<\/a> and weapons programs, the focus is switching to domestic consumption. In addition, the regime is providing benefits to citizens who choose coal products over firewood for heating this year, in conjunction with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/n-koreas-decade-long-reforestation-campaign-falls-short-of-ambitious-goals\/\">reforestation<\/a> efforts.<\/p>\n<p>However, the poor quality of the coal briquettes produced by the factories is causing momentum to falter. \u201cDespite getting exemptions from Party tasks and being able to focus on briquette production, the quality is still nowhere near as good as what local craftsmen are able to make themselves,\u201d a source in South Pyongan Province reported, noting that due to the difference in quality, briquettes made by craftsman are becoming more popular than those sold by the factories.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korea-price-freeze-kangwon-province-disrupts-local-markets\/\">price<\/a> of coal has been rising due to the increasing production from briquette factories and the demand for heating.<\/p>\n<p>Both sources reported that the price for one ton of coal has risen from 175,000 KPW in September to 180,000 KPW in October and as high as 182,000 KPW in some areas.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><em>*Translated by Brian Boyle<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Winter is fast approaching in North Korea, and sources in some parts of the country report that newly-built coal briquette factories are opening one after another. \u201cAs the winter season is approaching, new coal briquette factories are being exempted from Party tasks so they can focus solely on production,\u201d a source in North Pyongan Province [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":127,"featured_media":38635,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wikipediapreview_detectlinks":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[645],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-38632","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v27.7) - 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