{"id":44144,"date":"2020-03-17T10:00:21","date_gmt":"2020-03-17T01:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=44144"},"modified":"2026-04-06T14:02:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T05:02:27","slug":"north-korean-farmers-showing-up-work-less-before","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korean-farmers-showing-up-work-less-before\/","title":{"rendered":"N. Korean farmers are showing up to work less than before"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korean farmers are showing up less and less to work the fields and farm families are facing serious food shortages, Daily NK sources have reported.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cPeople\u2019s committees in cities and counties are taking the situation very seriously. They say that the attendance rate among farm workers has dropped conspicuously,\u201d a source in South Pyongan Province told Daily NK on Mar. 12. \u201cThe sowing of the fields began earlier this month, but progress is slow because the farm workers aren\u2019t coming to work.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The source speculated that around 90% of farmers would show up to work the farms in the past, but now only 60% of farmers are showing up &#8211; at least in farms in South Pyongan Province.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This drop can be attributed to food shortages among farming families. Essentially, farmers are unable to come to work because they are not getting enough food to eat.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAbout 5% of the families at a cooperative farm in Anju have run out of food,\u201d said a source. \u201cIf 5% of the farms have already depleted their food stores, then when things get really difficult in April and May because of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/to-overcome-barley-hump-necessity\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">barley hump<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the percentage of struggling farm families is likely to rise to 20% or 30%, maybe even 40% to 50%.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NATURAL AND MAN-MADE DISASTERS TO BLAME<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Usually, farmers and their families run out of food in late March or early April; this year, however, food shortages are happening earlier than usual.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last year saw North Korea suffer from droughts and a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">devastating hurricane<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that led to poor farm yields.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Typhoon Lingling, which hit North Korea last September, caused a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/typhoon-lingling-devastates-beadbasket\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">great deal of damage<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to crops in the country\u2019s breadbasket, an area that includes South Hwanghae Province and South Pyongan Province.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korea\u2019s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported in September that Typhoon Lingling caused five deaths and submerged farmland throughout the country. The news agency also said that three people had been injured and that a total of around 458 square kilometers of farmland had either been submerged or had its crops destroyed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The shutdown of the Sino-North Korean border in late January and the subsequent halt of much small-scale smuggling have also played a part in food shortages among farmers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Imports of rice, corn, flour and other grains from China were suspended following the closure of North Korea\u2019s borders, and the temporary increase in the price of grain in North Korean markets has only exacerbated the economic hardships faced by North Koreans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">REGIME STRESSES \u201cSELF-RELIANCE\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The North Korean regime has emphasized \u201cstruggling through hardships\u201d and self-reliance, but \u201cthis doesn\u2019t mean much if you\u2019re not getting enough to eat,\u201d one source said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the Workers\u2019 Party of Korea Central Committee plenary session held in December, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un stressed agricultural improvements as key to making the country more self-reliant.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The site on Kim\u2019s \u201con-the-spot guidance\u201d itinerary in 2020 was the Sunchon Phosphate Fertilizer Factory in South Pyongan Province.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to state media, Kim visited the factory to \u201cre-emphasize that it [the factory] is one of Party\u2019s most valued assets to fulfill this year\u2019s economic goals.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>*Translated by Violet Kim<\/em><\/p>\n<p><i>Please direct any comments or questions about this article to dailynkenglish@uni-media.net.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/%EC%A0%88%EB%9F%89%EB%86%8D%EA%B0%80-%EB%B0%9C%EC%83%9D%EC%97%90-%EB%86%8D%EC%9E%A5-%EC%B6%9C%EA%B7%BC%EC%9C%A8%EB%8F%84-%ED%95%98%EB%9D%BD%ED%8C%8C%EC%A2%85-%EB%93%B1-%EB%86%8D%EC%82%AC\/\"><em>Read in Korean<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Korean farmers are showing up less and less to work the fields and farm families are facing serious food shortages, Daily NK sources have reported.\u00a0 \u201cPeople\u2019s committees in cities and counties are taking the situation very seriously. 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