Severe food shortage in North Korea..!? Emergency meeting..?
North Korean President Kim Jong Un held a summit yesterday to discuss improving the country's economy and agricultural sector. North Korean President Kim Jong Un held a summit yesterday to discuss improving the country's economy and agricultural sector. The meeting was reportedly held amid growing fears of a food shortage and humanitarian crisis. Food insecurity has worsened in the isolated country amid the Covid-19 lockdown, international experts say. Yesterday, the Seventh Expanded Plenary Session of the 8th Central Committee of the Workers' party of Korea was held under the chairmanship of Kim. A state news agency reported that rural development projects were reviewed in this meeting. In this meeting held yesterday, it was informed that establishing the right path for the development of agriculture is the most important and urgent task.
Officials in Seoul indicated the meeting appeared to indicate North Korea's acknowledgment of serious food shortages. Last month, the US-based 38 North Project, which monitors north korea, reported that north korea is facing its worst food shortage since the famine of the 1990s, with human food availability severely reduced. north korea is subject to international sanctions over its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs, and the situation has reportedly worsened in recent years due to a self-imposed lockdown aimed at curbing Covid-19 on its limited data-border trade. According to UN statistics, 40 percent of the North Korean population is suffering from malnutrition. In this situation, as the food shortage has increased manifold, social activists have expressed regret about the condition of the people of the country. Also, It is very, very wrong for the ruler of a country to say how much everyone should eat.