Kim sends “government officials, company employees” to farm, fight drought and hunger crisis
Kim sent “government officials and company employees” – 5 May AFP Report from Rodong Sinmun newspaper of North Korea that the official gathering of government officials company employee and factory workers to farm during the country faced drought and facing food shortages since 2021
Even so, Mr. Kim Jong Un, the supreme leader of North Korea continues to carry out ballistic missile tests And just fired a missile that dropped from Sunan on Wednesday, May 4.
ภาพประกอบ: North Korea’s white-collar workers have been deployed to farming areas across the country to help fight against drought, state media said, as the impoverished nation struggles to prevent heavy crop damage. The isolated, nuclear-armed nation — has long struggled to feed itself and suffers chronic food shortages. WFP
The report said officials and staff are actively fighting in drought-prone areas. “As soon as they arrived at the farmland They immediately started watering. working side by side with farmers in the fierce battle with nature,” he stressed that authorities are trying to cope with the looming drought. as well as to prevent damage from future droughts
Earlier, Mr Kim called for measures to improve the severe food shortage situation. By stating that it was caused by natural disasters. sanctions from various countries and the pandemic of COVID-19
Despite North Korea’s insistence on not seeing a patient But a prolonged lockdown has prevented North Korea from buying important agricultural products from China.
ภาพประกอบ: North Korea’s agriculture, mining and trade shrank dramatically after the imposition of international sanctions, South Korea’s central bank said in its latest report on North Korea’s economy. (KCNA via Archyde.com)
ภาพประกอบ: “As soon as they arrived at the site, they immediately started watering, working shoulder-to-shoulder with farmers as they waged a fierce battle with nature,” the Wednesday report added. The report did not specify the damage so far, but said the efforts were aimed at countering the ongoing dry spell. WFP
ภาพประกอบ: The report did not specify the damage so far, but said the efforts were aimed at countering the ongoing dry spell as well as “preventing crop damages from drought in advance”. The dry spell was forecast to continue throughout the week, the official KCNA news agency said citing the country’s weather agency. AP
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