North Korean rice imports nearly double amid reports of food insecurity



News North Korean rice imports nearly double amid reports of food insecurity Expert says food shipments likely for elite, while decline in medicine imports may reflect improved COVID situation Shreyas Reddy December 21, 2022 SHARE COPY LINK FACEBOOK X LINKEDIN MASTODON North Korean farm workers in a flooded rice paddy \| Image: NK News North Korean rice imports from China nearly doubled in November to a new pandemic-era high, customs data show, as a reported decline in domestic crop output has exacerbated food shortages in the country. According to China’s General Administration of Customs (GAC), the DPRK imported almost $13 million worth of rice last month, despite an overall decrease in trade compared to October due largely to a decline in exports. !function(){"use strict";window.addEventListener("message",(function(e){if(void 0!==e.data["datawrapper-height"]){var t=document.querySelectorAll("iframe");for(var a in e.data["datawrapper-height"])for(var Read More © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. No part of this content may be reproduced, distributed, or used for commercial purposes without prior written permission from Korea Risk Group. LATEST ANALYSIS 01North Korea deepens Belarus relations but keeps focus on Moscow and Washington 02North Korea starts new project at large-scale military training base 03How North Korea could leverage China’s DeepSeek AI model for military, cyber ops 04North Korea lets slip where special forces trained before Russia deployment 05Trump’s first-week overtures on North Korea are unlikely to entice Kim Jong Un 06In changing world, North Korea has little to gain from pro-regime sympathizers 07Why North Korea’s top military official may have been quietly demoted once again 08Where North Korea ranks in Trump’s foreign policy priorities for term two 09Why guidance systems are the Achilles’ heel of North Korea’s missile arsenal 10Why North Korea’s United Front Department likely survived anti-unification push

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North Korean rice imports nearly double amid reports of food insecurity

Expert says food shipments likely for elite, while decline in medicine imports may reflect improved COVID situation

Shreyas Reddy December 21, 2022

North Korean rice imports nearly double amid reports of food insecurity

North Korean farm workers in a flooded rice paddy | Image: NK News

North Korean rice imports from China nearly doubled in November to a new pandemic-era high, customs data show, as a reported decline in domestic crop output has exacerbated food shortages in the country.

According to China’s General Administration of Customs (GAC), the DPRK imported almost $13 million worth of rice last month, despite an overall decrease in trade compared to October due largely to a decline in exports.

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02North Korea starts new project at large-scale military training base
03How North Korea could leverage China’s DeepSeek AI model for military, cyber ops
04North Korea lets slip where special forces trained before Russia deployment
05Trump’s first-week overtures on North Korea are unlikely to entice Kim Jong Un
06In changing world, North Korea has little to gain from pro-regime sympathizers
07Why North Korea’s top military official may have been quietly demoted once again
08Where North Korea ranks in Trump’s foreign policy priorities for term two
09Why guidance systems are the Achilles’ heel of North Korea’s missile arsenal
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North Korean rice imports nearly double amid reports of food insecurity

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