North Korea Faces Serious Food Shortages After Intense Drought and ‘Very Bad Harvest’
Look for more belligerence and desperation from the regime as pressure mounts.
North Koreans are likely to face serious food shortages despite recent relief from an intense dry spell, officials from the UN Food and Agricultural Organization told CNBC.
Rainfall this year was “considerably lower” than a corresponding period in 2001, when cereal production in the communist dictatorship plunged to record lows, the UN said in a July report. An estimated 20 percent of herd animals have also reportedly been severely affected this year in the worst-hit regions.
More: North Korea faces serious food shortages after intense drought and ‘very bad harvest’