N. Korea Tightens Media Controls as People Call State Programming 'Complete Garbage' - Daily NK English

N. Korea tightens media controls as people call state programming 'complete garbage' - Daily NK English

North Korea has ramped up domestic surveillance through its security agencies to stop outside video content from getting in and spreading, but people say the government wouldn’t need to crack down on anything if it just made something entertaining to watch. A Daily NK source in Ryanggang province reported recently that the provincial Ministry of State Security office ordered local city and county branches to have their neighborhood agents “stric…

Rice planting in N. Korea completed after delay due to unfavorable weather

SEOUL, June 9 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has completed rice planting nationwide, state media ...

IRRI’s long-term experiment marks world record of cropping seasons

LOS BAÑOS, Philippines (9 June 2025) - The Long-Term Continuous Cropping Experiment (LTCCE) at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) sets the global record of cropping seasons with the planting of its 183rd crop in April. With this, the LTCCE surpassed the world-renowned Broadbalk experiment at Rothamsted in the United Kingdom (est. 1843) in terms of cropping seasons — thanks to its unique practice of having three rice crops every yea…