About 40 pct of N. Koreans urgently need food aid: FAO

[TomSea]

(LEAD) About 40 pct of N. Koreans urgently need food aid: FAO
North Korea 19:53 October 19, 2019

SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Yonhap) -- Four out of every 10 North Koreans urgently need food aid, the U.N. food agency has said, as crop production this year is expected to drop to its lowest level in five years due mainly to drought.

Only 56.3 mm of rain fell throughout North Korea from January to March 2019, the lowest since 1917, the Food and Agriculture Organization said. South Hwanghae province -- known as North Korea's breadbasket -- only received 50 percent of average rainfall from April to July 2019.

The U.N. agency said dry conditions are likely to further compromise food security over the coming months.

Read more at: https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20191019001651320?section=nk/nk

[thackney]

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[sneakypete]

They don't care. They are just happy that Maximum Leader has new missiles to shoot out to sea.

Maybe if they get hungry enough they can eat the launch site?

Or maybe even Maximum Leader?

[PeteS in CA]

One year of drought doesn't put 40% of the country on the brink of starvation. It takes socialist inefficiency and trading food for weapons to accomplish that. As Stalin and Mao demonstrated.