Thursday, October 28, 2021

Kim Jong Un Tells North Koreans To Lower Their Expectations, Eat Less Food Until 2025

From the Daily Mail, October 27:

Kim Jong Un orders starving North Koreans to eat less food until 2025 - when the country expects to finally reopen its border with China following Covid shutdown

  • Government in North Korea has warned citizens will need to eat less until 2025
  • The nation's food supply cannot currently meet demand and prices have soared
  • North Korea also closed its border with China as a measure against Covid-19
  • The reduced trade, mixed with natural disasters, leaves the nation short on food

North Korea has warned its citizens that they must expect to eat less food until the country re-opens its border with China in 2025.

Food shortages are already affecting North Koreans, but citizens were told to tighten their belts for at least another three years by officials, according to RFA.

However, people have already complained that shortages would make it difficult to see themselves through the winter, let alone multiple years. 

North Korea closed its border with China in January 2020 as a precautionary measure against the spread of coronavirus.

But the move had a serious impact on the nation's economy - with prices of everyday goods rising sharply as demand outstripped supply....

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