Kim Jong Un has demanded that officials boost North Korea’s living standards as his regime struggles to come to grips with a self-acknowledged “food crisis”.
Addressing a gathering on Sunday to mark the 76th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea, Kim acknowledged the “unprecedented difficulties” and “grim situation” faced by the country.
North Korea is labouring under the combined effects of international sanctions, self-imposed border closures and a miserable harvest after crops were damaged by heatwaves and flash flooding.
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