North Korea's Kim Jong Un warns of 'tense' food situation amid a longer Covid-19 lockdown.
, which derailed over disagreements in exchanging relief from crippling U.S.-led sanctions with denuclearization steps by the North.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during a Workers' Party meeting in Pyongyang, North Korea on Tuesday.Meanwhile, the North’s economy has decayed further amid pandemic border closures, which choked off trade withMonitors assessing the situation in North Korea have yet to see signs of mass starvation or major instability, but some analysts say conditions could be aligning for a perfect storm that undercuts food and exchange markets and triggers public panic.
During the plenary meeting of the ruling Workers’ Party’s Central Committee that opened Tuesday, Kim urged officials to find ways to boost agricultural production, saying the country’s food situation"is now getting tense.”KCNA said Kim also “set forth the tasks for the state to maintain perfect anti-epidemic state” — indicating North Korea would extend its pandemic lockdown despite the stress on its economy.
Experts widely doubt North Korea's claim that it has not had a single Covid-19 case, given its poor health infrastructure and a porous border with China, its major ally and economic lifeline. Kim had called for the party meeting to review national efforts to rebuild the economy for the first half of the year. While addressing the “unfavorable” conditions and challenges on Tuesday, Kim also expressed appreciation over what he described as improvements, claiming that the country’s industrial output so far has increased by 25 percent from last year, KCNA said.
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