New Year Manure

N. Koreans start the new year with the obligatory “manure collection battle”

"Women are mobilized to produce manure in the morning and then have to rush to the markets in the afternoon to make money to feed their families," a source told Daily NK

“As in past years, the first battle of the new year has begun at factories and enterprises, neighborhood watch units, schools, and other organizations,” a source in North Hamgyong Province told Daily NK on Friday, speaking on condition of anonymity for security reasons. He added: “People have to prepare manure and transport it to farms, which is a lot of work.”

Meanwhile, some people expressed direct criticism of the North Korean regime. One person said: “There is no other country on earth that pesters its people all year, from January to December,” while another said: “People in other countries are able to live well without collecting manure, but we are forced to live frugally and our lives keep on getting worse no matter how many tasks we fulfill.”


Please excuse the word 'flavour' in this context, but there is a flavour of Net Zero about this story. Maybe a 'whiff ' of Net Zero would be better, but not much better.