UNFAO 11/13/1997 Despite an improved harvest in North Korea, the country will enter 1999 with a large food deficit and will need to import 1.35 million tonnes of food grain, including 1.05 million tonnes as food assistance to meet the minimum nutritional requirements of the population, according to a joint report by the UN Food … Continue reading UN FOOD AGENCIES SAY NORTH KOREA STILL NEEDS SUBSTANTIAL FOOD ASSISTANCE DESPITE IMPROVED HARVEST; CITE NEED FOR ECONOMIC REFORM AND INCREASED AID TO AGRICULTURE