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16:33, 17-May-2019
State media says DPRK is seeing worst drought in a century
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The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) is experiencing its worst drought in over a century, official media reported Friday.
In the current year, the DPRK received just 56.3 millimeters of rain or snow, the lowest since 1917, the DPRK newspaper Rodong Sinmun reported Friday.
Water was running out in the country's lakes and reservoirs, said the official newspaper of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea, adding: "The ongoing drought is causing a significant effect on the cultivation of wheat, barley, corn, potatoes and beans."
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Meanwhile, Seoul is currently planning to provide food aid to the DPRK, said the Republic of Korea (ROK) President Moon Jae-in Friday, saying U.S. President Donald Trump also supports the proposal.
On Friday, Chung Eui-yong, head of the presidential National Security Office said Seoul is pressing to send food directly to the DPRK, Yonhap reported.
If it comes off, it would mark ROK's first bilateral food aid since 2010, when it delivered 5,000 tons of rice, the ROK's Unification Ministry data shows.
(With inputs from Reuters)
(Cover: The DPRK's border county of Kaepoong is seen from a ROK observation post in Paju near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) dividing the two Koreas, May 17, 2019. /VCG Photo)