North Korea says it is facing worst food shortage in decade, East Asia News & Top Stories


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SEOUL (BLOOMBERG) - North Korea is facing its worst food shortages in more than a decade, it said in a report to the United Nations, giving the world notice Pyongyang is bracing itself for one of its biggest domestic challenges since leader Kim Jong Un took power. Food production dropped to its lowest level in 2018 due to "natural disasters and weak resilience, insufficient farming materials and low level of mechanisation", North Korea said in a Voluntary National Review for a UN examination of its Sustainable Development Goals. South Korea's mission to the UN gave notice of the report on...