THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
November 3, 2020 at 16:09 JST
North Korean farmers near the Chinese border harvest their fields in October. Drought has led to forecasts of a third straight year of poor harvest. (Yoshikazu Hirai)
China has come to North Korea's aid yet again by providing vast amounts of food assistance and also 550,000 tons of fertilizer to help the reclusive and impoverished country recover from summer typhoon damage that ravaged farmland. [Read More]
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