{"id":65561,"date":"2025-11-18T17:08:33","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T08:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=65561"},"modified":"2026-04-06T15:09:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T06:09:54","slug":"urban-beautification-projects-eliminate-public-drying-spaces-for-homemade-heating-fuel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/urban-beautification-projects-eliminate-public-drying-spaces-for-homemade-heating-fuel\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban beautification projects eliminate public drying spaces for homemade heating fuel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words\">As North Koreans busily prepare for winter, the number of households making their own coal briquettes for heating in cities such as Sinuiju, North Pyongan province, has plummeted this year. Not only is making briquettes a hassle, but people have fewer places to dry them, so more people are purchasing them from marketplaces.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words\">According to a Daily NK source in North Pyongan province recently, residents of Sinuiju are busy preparing for winter, but it is harder to find families who are making their own briquettes for home heating.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words\">In the past, every household would buy coal powder and fashion it into briquettes in September and October, and one often saw rows of such briquettes drying in front of homes or in empty public spaces. However, most people this year are buying finished briquettes at the market.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words\">&#8220;There&#8217;s been a lot of autumnal rain this year, so the climate hasn&#8217;t been good for drying briquettes, and empty public spaces have been turned into flower beds as part of urban beautification efforts, so there aren&#8217;t enough places to dry them,&#8221; the source said. &#8220;This is a big reason why people aren&#8217;t making their own briquettes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"font-claude-response-heading text-text-100 mt-1 -mb-0.5\"><strong>Quality concerns drive shift to professional production<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words\">Of course, families can save significantly on heating costs by making their own briquettes from purchased coal powder. Given that a single family might use hundreds of briquettes, these savings cannot be ignored.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words\">However, when one considers the hassle, including the work that goes into making the briquettes and the need to watch them day and night to prevent theft, more people think simply buying them from the market is better, the source said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words\">Moreover, people overwhelmingly believe that briquettes purchased from the market have several advantages\u2014they are well-dried and of better quality than homemade ones, so they burn better and release less carbon monoxide.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words\">The increased supply of professionally produced briquettes by fueling stations nationwide has also had an impact, the source added. People inevitably prefer briquettes produced by professional processes to homemade ones because they are more consistent in quality.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words\">However, people who cannot afford to buy briquettes at the market still purchase coal powder and make their own briquettes when needed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words\">The problem is that, as people make their own briquettes on a case-by-case basis, they end up using ones that have not yet dried thoroughly. Wet briquettes not only burn less efficiently, but they are also more likely to emit deadly gases, endangering lives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words\">&#8220;Because poorer families have no choice but to burn lower-quality briquettes, they are more at risk of carbon monoxide poisoning,&#8221; the source said. &#8220;They were already unable to prepare for winter because they had no money, and they must also risk accidents. The reality they face is quite sad.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words\">Thus, this difference in home heating methods due to the wealth gap is leading to a social problem: &#8220;safety inequality.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/20251112-3\/\">Read in Korean<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As North Koreans busily prepare for winter, the number of households making their own coal briquettes for heating in cities such as Sinuiju, North Pyongan province, has plummeted this year. Not only is making briquettes a hassle, but people have fewer places to dry them, so more people are purchasing them from marketplaces. 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