Heavy downpours in N. Korea raise new food shortage concerns

北 함경남도 수해 극심...올해 식량 악화 예상 Since the turn of the month, heavy downpours have pounded North Korea’s main rice producing areas. The North’s state-run media reports that Hamgyeongnam-do Province saw almost six-hundred millimeters of rain over the last three days, leading to the evacuation of 5,000 people. International organizations expect the North will have a food shortfall this year of between seven-hundred thousand to one-point-three million tons. #Heavy_downpour #NorthKorea #food_shortage 📣 Arirang News(Facebook) : 📣 Arirang News(Twitter) : 📣 News Center(YouTube) : 2021-08-06 12:00 (KST)