North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has asked the people of his country to eat less until 2025 in a bid to combat the food crisis. Food costs are rising in North Korea due to a lack of supply. This makes it unable to fulfill the country’s demand.
Blaming a ”series of deviations” for singling out tight food supplies, Kim said ”The people’s food situation is now getting tense. The agricultural sector failed to fulfil its grain production plan.” The sanctions, the coronavirus outbreak, and last year’s typhoons have all aggravated North Korea’s food shortfall. Kim Jong Un has ordered the mobilisation of the military to assist in relief efforts in areas recently impacted by severe rains.
Our food emergency will continue until 2025: Kim Jong
According to a source at Radio Free Asia (RFA), ”Two weeks ago, they told the neighbourhood watch unit meeting that our food emergency would continue until 2025.” ”Authorities emphasised the possibility of reopening customs between North Korea and China before 2025 was very slim.” The Central Military Commission of the ruling Workers’ Party met in the eastern province of South Hamgyong. In order to address the dangerous situation.
Kim had urged governing party leaders to embark on another “Arduous March” of labour and sacrifice. He compares the present economic crisis to a period of hunger and calamity in the 1990s. The term “Arduous March” was coined by officials to rouse citizens during a famine that killed up to 3 million North Koreans. Following the demise of the Soviet Union, which had been a major sponsor of Pyongyang’s communist leaders.
“Two weeks ago, they told the neighbourhood watch unit meeting that our food emergency would continue until 2025,” a source from the northwestern border city of Sinuiju informs. The food situation right now is already clearly an emergency, and the people are struggling with shortages.