{"id":46224,"date":"2020-08-27T16:20:27","date_gmt":"2020-08-27T07:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=46224"},"modified":"2026-04-06T14:01:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T05:01:32","slug":"yanggang-province-midst-blueberry-picking-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/yanggang-province-midst-blueberry-picking-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Yanggang Province is in the midst of blueberry picking season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The blueberry picking season in Yanggang Province&#8217;s Taehongdan, Baekam and Samjiyon counties began on Saturday, with local authorities in Baekam County mobilizing students for the harvest, according to a Daily NK source in the province on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAs rumors spread that there are fewer blueberries compared to last year, there is talk that they will sell for a higher price this year,&#8221; the source, who requested anonymity for security reasons, told Daily NK.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAs a result, greater numbers of people are flocking to the blueberry fields than last year.&#8221; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The source further pointed out that &#8220;business is poor across the whole country with the border closed due to COVID-19, so people are hoping to pick medicinal herbs or wild fruit to sell for money.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The source\u2019s report suggests that North Koreans are intent on picking blueberries to overcome the economic strife stemming from COVID-19 and longstanding sanctions against North Korea.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIn Baekam County, many people from Hyesan are flooding into Chonsu, Namyang and Dokrip Workers&#8217; District, so some locals are even going out in the dead of night to areas with a high volume of fruit,\u201d the source said. \u201cIt\u2019s not just rural residents, but also city dwellers who are showing up to pick blueberries.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_46227\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46227\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-46227\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/\ubc31\ub450\uc0b0-\ub4e4\ucb49-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/\ubc31\ub450\uc0b0-\ub4e4\ucb49-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/\ubc31\ub450\uc0b0-\ub4e4\ucb49-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/\ubc31\ub450\uc0b0-\ub4e4\ucb49-265x198.jpg 265w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/\ubc31\ub450\uc0b0-\ub4e4\ucb49-696x522.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/\ubc31\ub450\uc0b0-\ub4e4\ucb49-560x420.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/\ubc31\ub450\uc0b0-\ub4e4\ucb49.jpg 743w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-46227\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blueberries in Samjiyon&#8217;s Potae Area. \/ Image: Daily NK<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is notable that people are attempting to travel even though movement is likely difficult because of the country&#8217;s \u201cmaximum emergency system,&#8221; which was put in place after a defector was found to have crossed the inter-Korean border recently. The number of blueberry pickers sent by factories and businesses, however, is reportedly only half that of last year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cSome urbanites are paying guest houses a fee to hire a local familiar with the area to show them around,\u201d the source said. \u201cThe picking of medicinal herbs in Yanggang Province began in June, and the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">mejoji <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[a type of fruit similar to blueberries] harvest takes place in July, so a lot of people have set up tents and are living in the mountains.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The source further said that \u201cblueberry plants produce new fruit within three days of being picked, so some people remain in the same location for several days.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blueberry pickers in the province are reportedly selling the fruit to the government via blueberry processing factories in areas such as Baekam County and Samjiyon County. To obtain more berries, these factories have increased the number and quantity of \u201crewards\u201d provided to berry pickers, according to the source.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Please direct any comments or questions about this article to dailynkenglish@uni-media.net.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/%EB%93%A4%EC%AD%89-%EB%82%AE%EC%9D%80-%EC%88%98%ED%99%95%EA%B3%A0-%EC%98%88%EC%83%81%EB%90%98%EC%A7%80%EB%A7%8C-%EC%A3%BC%EB%AF%BC%EB%93%A4%EC%9D%80-%EC%98%AC%ED%95%B4-%EB%8D%94-%EB%AA%B0\/\">Read in Korean<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The blueberry picking season in Yanggang Province&#8217;s Taehongdan, Baekam and Samjiyon counties began on Saturday, with local authorities in Baekam County mobilizing students for the harvest, according to a Daily NK source in the province on Tuesday. \u201cAs rumors spread that there are fewer blueberries compared to last year, there is talk that they will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":41955,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wikipediapreview_detectlinks":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,869],"tags":[271],"class_list":["post-46224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-agriculture","tag-ryanggang-province"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v28.2) - 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