North Korea's food situation remains perilous according to analysts and a United Nations expert who raised doubts this week about its harvest, and there are signs that it is receiving large shipments of humanitarian aid from China.
Much is riding on this year's harvest after leader Kim Jong UnIn July the United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organization said the 2021 growing season appeared to be off to a good start, but a new report this week by a U.S.-based think-tank said data gathered by satellite point to a yield that falls short of an average or good harvest.
For the first time in months this week there were signs that North Korea was accepting international aid, United Nations agencies sayingHealth and nutrition supplies from the United Nations Children’s Fund , and medical supplies to support anti-pandemic work from the World Health Organisation were among the aid that had reached North Korea.
"North Korea has been letting other goods into the country since May, including large volumes of what appears to be humanitarian assistance from China," he said.in August, to $22.5 million. That was a fraction of the $219 million of exports in August 2019, before the pandemic lockdowns.
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