Kim Jong-il admits being ‘heartbroken’ over North Korean diet

According to the Telegraph:

Rodong Sinmun, the official newspaper of the ruling Communist Party, said Kim’s immediate ambition is to end his people’s dependence on corn for subsistence and to feed them rice and wheat products instead.

“I’m the most heartbroken by the fact that our people are still living on corn,” he was quoted as saying. “What I must do now is to feed them white rice, bread and noodles generously.”

The paper did not disclose when or where Kim’s remarks were made or how he intended to improve the diet of North Koreans, who have for years suffered food shortages and even starvation.

Kim also urged North Koreans to keep a vow made to his father, the late president Kim Il-Sung, to build a nation whose people do not even eat corn.

Last month Kim described “white rice and meat soups” as a long-cherished dream for North Koreans while admitting to failing to deliver an acceptable standard of living for the communist nation’s people.

North Korea has suffered severe food shortages since a famine in the 1990s killed hundreds of thousands people. At the time it was reported that parts of the population had resorted to eating grass.

A shock currency revaluation on Nov 30 reportedly played havoc on distribution networks, aggravating food shortages and sparking inflation.

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Kim Jong-il admits being ‘heartbroken’ over diet of North Koreans
Telegraph
2/1/2010

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