SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea is in urgent need of food imports or assistance as many of its people continue to suffer from food shortages and malnutrition, with the gap estimated at 860,000 tons, data from the U.S. intelligence community showed Tuesday. The country’s food gap is equivalent to around two to [...]
HONG KONG SAR, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Almost 7 in 10 Asia Pacific consumers who have faced “food insecurity” at some point in their lives experienced it for the first time in recent months, according to new research. Food insecurity is defined as the lack of available financial resources for food at the household [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — About 60 percent of North Korea’s population are facing food insecurity as the global coronavirus pandemic appears to be taking a toll on the country’s food supplies, a U.S. Department of Agriculture report showed Thursday. According to the report by the department’s Economic Research Service, 59.8 percent of North [...]