{"id":43127,"date":"2019-12-11T18:00:18","date_gmt":"2019-12-11T09:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=43127"},"modified":"2026-04-05T15:16:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T06:16:49","slug":"taxes-soar-in-agricultural-regions-as-farming-season-wraps-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/taxes-soar-in-agricultural-regions-as-farming-season-wraps-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Taxes soar in agricultural regions as farming season wraps up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following the completion of the farming season and annual payments in kind for workers in agricultural regions, North Korean authorities have imposed a number of taxes on those same communities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIn both Pochon and Samsu counties, they started pushing various payments on us right after we finished the threshing. And that doesn\u2019t even include the materials we were already giving to support Samjiyon,\u201d a source in Ryanggang Province told Daily NK. The border town of Samjiyon has been scene of one of North Korea\u2019s largest construction projects throughout 2018 and 2019.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In North Korea, each local government and state organization is responsible for financing certain projects and other assorted costs. These can include key regional construction projects, goods for the military, hosting of local events, projects undertaken by students in the region, and ever-present \u201cloyalty\u201d payments of hard currency to the central state.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOur monthly people\u2019s unit contributions are more than 20 RMB,\u201d the source explained by way of example. \u201cWorkplaces also take 10 RMB from each person to pay for the decoration and upkeep of their rooms for propaganda and cultural education.\u201d These rooms are both ubiquitous and mandatory in North Korean public buildings.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, the source said that the Socialist Women&#8217;s Union <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of Korea takes three RMB in taxes from each of its members to cover the cost of donating a single rabbit skin to the military for annual winter military drills.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_43128\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43128\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-43128\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/12\/00477.MTS_20190521_140105.145-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"ryanggang province farm taxes\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/12\/00477.MTS_20190521_140105.145-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/12\/00477.MTS_20190521_140105.145-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/12\/00477.MTS_20190521_140105.145-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/12\/00477.MTS_20190521_140105.145-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/12\/00477.MTS_20190521_140105.145-1068x712.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/12\/00477.MTS_20190521_140105.145-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/12\/00477.MTS_20190521_140105.145.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-43128\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A farmer in Ryanggang Province. \/ Image: Daily NK<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIn people\u2019s units and workplaces alike, they take both food and non-food items to support reservists taking part in the winter drills, too,\u201d the source explained. People also reportedly anticipate having to make donations to orphanages and for the care of homeless children.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt is autumn and so people say they can ill-afford all this,\u201d the source said. \u201cWe should be gathering together the food to get us through next year, which makes these burdens far from trivial.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Given that residents of upland areas of Ryanggang Province get their distribution primarily in the form of potatoes, they find making payments such as these in cash particularly difficult, resulting in widespread discontent in those areas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>*Translated by Chris Green<\/em><\/p>\n<p><i>Please direct any comments or questions about this article to dailynkenglish@uni-media.net.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the completion of the farming season and annual payments in kind for workers in agricultural regions, North Korean authorities have imposed a number of taxes on those same communities.\u00a0 \u201cIn both Pochon and Samsu counties, they started pushing various payments on us right after we finished the threshing. 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