{"id":36958,"date":"2026-06-01T04:21:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T04:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/36958\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T04:21:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T04:21:40","slug":"north-koreas-spring-drought-had-only-limited-impact-on-crops-data-suggests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/36958\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea\u2019s spring drought had only limited impact on crops, data suggests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\tNorth Korea\u2019s spring drought had only limited impact on crops, data suggests\t<\/p>\n<p>Satellite data reveals lower soil moisture but strong vegetation growth, pointing to improved irrigation methods<\/p>\n<p class=\"author-date\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nknews.org\/pro\/content_author\/anton-sokolin\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anton Sokolin<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\tJune 1, 2026\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img width=\"935\" height=\"500\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" class=\"img-fluid w-100 wp-post-image\" alt=\"North Korea\u2019s spring drought had only limited impact on crops, data suggests\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/kctv-feb26-2026-feb25-kju-9th-party-congress-military-parade-4-funny-farmer-happy-truck-sacks-935x50.png\"\/>\t<\/p>\n<p>A North Korean farmer on top of sacks presumably filled with grain in a truck bed | Image: KCTV (Feb. 26, 2026)<\/p>\n<p>A lack of rain in North Korea this spring resulted in lower soil moisture levels, though the dry spell appears to have had a limited impact on crop growth, according to NK Pro analysis of satellite data.<\/p>\n<p>The findings \u2014 based on data from NASA, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and the European Space Agency\u2019s (ESA) Sentinel-2 satellite \u2014 align with DPRK authorities\u2019 repeated warnings about worsening drought conditions this spring, especially in April.<\/p>\n<p>NK Pro analysis using JAXA\u2019s Global Satellite Mapping of Precipitation tool indicates that precipitation in the DPRK lagged behind 2025\u2019s<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved.<br \/>No part of this content may be reproduced, distributed, or used for<br \/>\n\t\t\tcommercial purposes without prior written permission from Korea Risk<br \/>\n\t\t\tGroup.\n\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"North Korea\u2019s spring drought had only limited impact on crops, data suggests Satellite data reveals lower soil moisture&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36959,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[119,22875,31,9257,34],"class_list":["post-36958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-north-korea","tag-economy","tag-human-security-human-rights","tag-korea","tag-misc","tag-north-korea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36958\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}