North Korea: Teachers mobilized for potato harvest

School teachers in North Korea's Yanggang province have been mobilized to harvest potatoes. According to a source, they are going to the potato farms earlier than in previous years, because a bad harvest is expected this season. It appears that the province's education department has allocated potato quotas to local teachers from September 25. Early October is the optimal time to harvest potatoes, but because the authorities expect insufficient supplies, they put the teachers to work in the fields about ten days earlier than last year. According to the source, the potato harvest in Yanggang province is not looking good this year. Many fields have been damaged by floods or droughts, ...