Kim Jong Un: Climate Change Leads to Food Crisis in North Korea

Kim Jong Un, leader of North Korea said that climate change was one among other factors that led to the ongoing food crisis in North Korea.

He urges, over the recent meeting of the Politburo of the governing party, senior official to activate an emergency response to a number of catastrophes facing the country, according to the official news agency in  North Korea.

Kim stressed the importance of managing arable land in the country after floods had destructed banks and houses on the eastern coast of the country last August.

Kim pointed out that the risks of eccentric climate change rose significantly over the last few years.

The leader of North Korea directed officials to improve rivers, maintain dams and start a five-year plan to hold more water behind dams.

He went on to say that bad weather has become riskier across the world and he warned that North Korea will be susceptible to climate change.

It is worth noting that heavy rain resulted in sweeping floods in the eastern districts so authorities evacuated thousands of people who lost their prosperities.

Farmland immersed underwater and crops were devastated in a country that suffers badly from water.

Ri   Yung-Nam, deputy director of the metrological office in North Korea, said that more than 500 mm of rain was registered in the northern part of the country over the days from Sunday through Tuesday.

The percentage of rain in the southern parts exceeded the monthly average.

The dire forecast of more heavy rain in North Korea deepen concerns at a severe shortage in food supplies during the period to come.

North Korea doesn’t receive sufficient aids due to border restrictions introduced by the government in a bid to keep the Coronavirus in the bay as the country reported one of the lowest rates of infections with the deadly virus.

Also, the international sanctions affect the national economy of North Korea.