North Korea’s Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un has admitted that his country is going through a serious food crisis.
According to the CNN report, in a recent meeting, Kim admitted that the situation is very bad and the situation is getting worse.
Due to the shortage of food grains, inflation has reached the peak in North Korea and food items have become out of reach of the common people.
In the capital Pyongyang, a small packet of black tea costs $ 70 (about Rs 5,167), a coffee packet costs $ 100 (Rs 7,381) and 1 kg of banana costs $ 45 (about Rs 3,300).
Recently the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations said that there is a shortage of 860,000 tonnes of food grains in North Korea.
It can be understood in this way that only two months’ supply of food grains is left in the country.
A report by Radio Free Asia claims that North Korean farmers have been asked to contribute 2 liters of urine every day for fertilizer production.
Despite the worrying situation, Kim has said that the borders will remain closed and the applicable rules against the epidemic will remain in place.
North Korea has closed its borders to prevent the corona epidemic.
North Korea is dependent on imports and help from China to feed the people, as the country’s own production is not enough.
News Source: HindustanTimes
