N. Korea food shortage worsens amid COVID, but no famine yet

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N. Korea food shortage worsens amid COVID, but no famine yet
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Speculation about North Korea’s food insecurity has flared as its top leaders prepare to discuss the “very important and urgent task” of formulating a correct agricultural policy.

FILE - In this undated photo provided on July 23, 2020 by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, visits a new chicken farm being built in Hwangju County, North Korea. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified.

SEOUL, South Korea — There’s little doubt that North Korea’s chronic food shortages worsened due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and

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