Pictured Above: Pongchon Coal Mine (Google Earth) Institute for Far Eastern Studies (IFES) NK Brief No. 11-01-18 1/28/2011 The DPRK Workers’ Party’s newspaper, the Rodong Sinmun, recently featured a front-page editorial urging the North Korean people to increase coal production. On January 26, the KCNA reiterated the call, reporting that the newspaper editorial highlighted fertilizer, … Continue reading North Korea increasing coal production – seeking to ease power shortages and boost exports