Kim Jong Un’s New Year’s Resolution 2022 focus is: To Have More Food - for the people of North Korea.
https://twitter.com/IndiaToday/status/1478264677201166337
2/More Food For North Korea: Solving the food shortage
Goals for 2022:
Develop the economy and improve people’s lives
Strengthen nuclear weapons base to build nuclear deterrence as national defense
“In his pledge to resolve the food crisis he shared how they’ll increase
Goals for 2022:
Develop the economy and improve people’s lives
Strengthen nuclear weapons base to build nuclear deterrence as national defense
“In his pledge to resolve the food crisis he shared how they’ll increase
3/“agricultural production and resolve the food problem. In the coming 10 years, North Korea will have specified food production goals. Kim forgave all debts of the farmers to the gov’t. But why is North Korea facing a food shortage?”
The reasons for North Korea’s food shortage
The reasons for North Korea’s food shortage
4/are two-sided:
Nature:
In 2020 3 massive typhoons hit North Korea, destroying 16,000 homes and most of the agricultural production. Heavy rain & floods destroyed more than 40,000 hectares of cropland.
In 2021 a heatwave caused a water shortage which led to a drought and
Nature:
In 2020 3 massive typhoons hit North Korea, destroying 16,000 homes and most of the agricultural production. Heavy rain & floods destroyed more than 40,000 hectares of cropland.
In 2021 a heatwave caused a water shortage which led to a drought and
5/“increased the rural water shortage issues and killed the majority of livestocks.
Pandemic: B/c of the pandemic North Korea shut its borders w/ China with the rising fear of COVID-19. This caused a huge impact on the country‘s food productions.
North Korea was unable to
Pandemic: B/c of the pandemic North Korea shut its borders w/ China with the rising fear of COVID-19. This caused a huge impact on the country‘s food productions.
North Korea was unable to
6/“supplement its lost agricultural productions.”
So Kim Jong Un is totally focused on putting food on the table. But those in Washington & Seoul will say: “He’s starving his people!” He’s doing Food AND Defense. I’ll just say the level of disconnect is truly astounding.
So Kim Jong Un is totally focused on putting food on the table. But those in Washington & Seoul will say: “He’s starving his people!” He’s doing Food AND Defense. I’ll just say the level of disconnect is truly astounding.
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