How bad is North Korea’s food crisis? | DW News

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un recently attended a ceremony for a new mega farm in the east of the country. He said the aim of the project is to grow more vegetables and to improve people's diet.

It comes at a time of worsening food shortages. In a report last October, the UN said people's access to food there is quote "a serious concern" and that some children and the elderly are at "risk of starvation." In state-run media, however, there's little sign of a crisis.

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[netiturtle]

Horseback riding, posturing with nuclear weapons, high military spending despite poor population, total media control. Sounds familiar, can quite putin my finger what country it resembles

[セ千尺丂セ]

Kim Jong aint feeling the food shortage. Hes the fattest of them all. 😂😅🤣

[jarrettbobbett]

That shot of him on the horse... thank you.
I have not laughed that hard in a while.

[FabricatorFactory]

Sad such leaders still exist. The world can be such a better place.

[chance]

Kim could have been the best humanitarian, if he used his enormous followers for social and economic development rather than making bombs and rockets. No country is attacking North Korea.

[MoraqVos]

They have been starving for years, with children going blind from malnutrition.

[ijustwanttosleepnow]

Really puts into perspective how free our countries actually are.

[schechter]

Even allowing for media bias (all news sources have a bias to some degree), I gotta say it: North Korea is _one weird place._ The things I've heard/read from defectors have only strengthened my opinion.

[ladfa]

Showels are obviously the most advanced farming gear.

[Lindenrd]

2:49 I don´t know how the cameraman didn´t burst out laughing. Probably the most ludicrous thing I´ve ever seen 😂😂

[shmackedmuffins]

Giving him attention is like giving that kid on the playground who misbehave because his parents are too busy so they hire babysitters to take care of him.

[Sendu]

The average North Korean is now about 8cm shorter than the average South Korean due to diet and health issues. Despite being chaotic and messy, democracy has a lot going for it.

[Lemonz]

This country is so utterly bizarre that it boggles the mind.

[myvt]

We are such a strange animal. No wonder space traveling beings want nothing to do with us.

[scratchy]

I have to admit, Kim on a horse is way more majestic than Vlad on a horse.

[stevemac]

I feel so incredibly sorry for the people of North Korea & can only hope they can one day rise up against a leadership that neither copes or cares.

[Prototheria]

The Korean footage blows my mind. The absurdity of the manufactured fawning appreciation for their leader and the horse footage that looks like some goofy tongue-in-cheek parody of a 1980's commercial for men's cologne makes me think I'm watching The Benny Hill Show. But then it hit me that no, this isn't slapstick comedy... this is a country taking itself completely seriously in the year 2022.

Oh, and they also happen to have nukes.

[jamesritacco]

While greenhouse gardening will help, small scale aquaponic gardening would make a real difference.
FYI, aquaponic gardening adds the production of fresh water fish like tilapia to provide the greenhouse produce with fertilizer. If I'm not mistaken, a 10 x 10 foot aquaponic greenhouse can feed a family of 4.

[Joe-ijof]

Imagine being told you need to eat healthier by, get this, Kim Jung Un… lol

[stevewarwick]

Little rocket man spends extravagantly on his vanity projects, while his people starve smdh.