![]() ![]() Inminban leaders prefer to sell the feces to private farmers rather than state-owned farms, because they can sell it at higher prices, the source added. A barrel can go for about as much as 50 kilograms of napa cabbage,” the source said, referring to the vegetable most commonly used to make kimchi. “Human manure is sold in sealed 500-kilogram sealed barrels brought by ox cart by the private farmers. “Giving the inminban leaders the privilege to sell human manure from the apartments is like an implicit instruction to further strengthen control over residents,” said the source, who requested anonymity for security reasons. Membership and participation in the inminban are mandatory. The inminban, or neighborhood watch units, are small, regimented community organizations that serve as the eyes and ears of the state to ensure the people stay in line. “Urban apartments consist of 20 to 30 households in one inminban, which is the lowest level organization in local administration,” a resident of North Pyongan province in the country’s northeast told RFA’s Korean Service Wednesday. Authorities in North Korea have declared open season on the human manure trade, granting certain community leaders the exclusive right to sell sewage, a green-or rather brown-alternative to chemical fertilizers in short supply, sources in the country told RFA.ĭemand for human excrement from the septic tanks of apartment complexes has soared, as small-time local private growers operating greenhouses find it difficult to acquire manufactured fertilizers. ![]()
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