North Korea has scheduled a major political conference to discuss the 'urgent task' of improving its agricultural sector, a possible sign of worsening food insecurity as the country's economic isolation deepens amid a defiant nuclear weapons push.
In this photo taken during Jan. 17-18, 2023 and provided by the North Korean government, North Korea’s parliament is held in Pyongyang, North Korea Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified.
The Politburo meeting came amid indications that the country was preparing to stage a massive military parade in Pyongyang, possibly this week, to glorify the rule of leader Kim Jong Un and his growing collection of nuclear-capable weapons, which he has aggressively pushed to expand despite limited resources and economic decay.
"The government will closely watch North Korea's food situation and internal trends," said Koo. He said South Korea estimates that North Korean food production fell by about 4 per cent in 2022 to 4.5 million tons. In a study published on the North Korea-focused 38 North website last month, analyst Lucas Rengifo-Keller said food insecurity in North Korea is likely at its worst since the country's 1990s famine that killed hundreds of thousands of people.
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