Kim Jong Un delivers a speech at the Seventh Enlarged Plenary Meeting of the Eighth Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), held at the party headquarters in Pyongyang from Feb. 26 to March 1 | Image: Rodong Sinmun (March 2, 2023)
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered farming and economic officials to solve food supply issues with “science,” better equipment and stronger party control of the sector, according to state media Thursday, as party officials concluded a four-day plenum the previous day.
The Rodong Sinmunsaid Kim also ordered infrastructure improvements but did not detail specific new farm policies or precisely how Kim plans to “put agricultural production on a stable track within the next few years.” One expert told NK News that the report gave no indication of measures to address the fundamental problem of a lack of incentives for farmers.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered farming and economic officials to solve food supply issues with “science,” better equipment and stronger party control of the sector, according to state media Thursday, as party officials concluded a four-day plenum the previous day.
The Rodong Sinmunsaid Kim also ordered infrastructure improvements but did not detail specific new farm policies or precisely how Kim plans to “put agricultural production on a stable track within the next few years.” One expert told NK News that the report gave no indication of measures to address the fundamental problem of a lack of incentives for farmers.
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Colin Zwirko is a Senior Analytic Correspondent for NK News based in Seoul. He joined the company in 2018 after receiving a master's degree in international security and foreign policy from South Korea's Yonsei University. Follow him on Twitter.