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> Hasn't most of the world had a similar rise in food price over this period? Wouldn't that naturally negatively impact the poorest, such as the North Koreans?
by nordsieck 3y ago
> Hasn't most of the world had a similar rise in food price over this period? Wouldn't that naturally negatively impact the poorest, such as the North Koreans?
How much food does North Korea import?
My understanding is that North Korea is extremely isolated from the rest of the world; to the extent that that is true, it isolates them from global inflation in food prices.
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- paulddraper 3y agoNot just food, but energy and machinery as well. And North Korea does have imports, mostly from China.
- Scoundreller 3y agoWhy only sell production locally when you can export for hard currency?
- kneebonian 3y agoNK imports almost all their calories. The problem is at the start of COVID they shut down all imports into the country and that has made survival nearly impossible for many people.
- Beached 3y agonk domestically produces about 2/3 of it's total food supply. and they are getting better at domestic fertilizer production and increasing the amount of land under the plow every year. their main issue with domestic food self reliance is largely two things. low grade and low volume fertilizer, and natural disasters (typhoons and droughts). NK is like 2 or 3 good years in a row away from being able to produce it's food domesticly
- SoftTalker 3y agoThey are isolated but they do import food, mainly rice and wheat products, from China and to a lesser extent Russia (according to Wikipedia).
- distortionfield 3y agoThe article says those Chinese imports have largely dried up though
- boomboomsubban 3y agoIt said they did during COVID, and that you can see prices stabilized as trade resumes.