North Korea's official newspaper said on Wednesday that relying on external aid to cope with food shortages would be equal to taking 'poisoned candy', urging economic self-reliance despite deepening hardships amid sanctions and coronavirus lockdowns.
A North Korean boy holds a spade in a corn field in area damaged by floods and typhoons in the Soksa-Ri collective farm in the South Hwanghae province September 29, 2011. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj/File Photo
SEOUL, Feb 22 - North Korea's official newspaper said on Wednesday that relying on external aid to cope with food shortages would be equal to taking "poisoned candy", urging economic self-reliance despite deepening hardships amid sanctions and coronavirus lockdowns.in recent years, reeling from floods and typhoons, international sanctions aimed at curbing its nuclear and missile programmes, and a sharp cut in trade with China due to border closures and COVID-19 lockdowns.
Most U.N. agencies and Western relief groups have since left North Korea, with China remaining one of the few sources of external food assistance. In a commentary, the ruling Workers' Party paper Rodong Sinmun warned against receiving economic help from "imperialists" who use aid as a "trap to plunder and subjugate" recipient countries and interfere with their internal politics.
"It is a mistake to try to boost the economy by accepting and eating this poisoned candy," the commentary said.
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