North Korea seeks food aid from Britain
April 3rd, 2011 - 2:27 pm ICT by IANSMoscow, April 3 (IANS/RIA Novosti) North Korea has asked Britain for food aid as it was suffering from an acute food shortage, South Korean news agency Yonhap reported.
Choe Tae-bok, chairman of North Korea’s Supreme People’s Assembly, visited Britain from March 28-31 on an invitation from the British-North Korea All-Party Parliamentary Group, the agency said.
Choe said the next two months would be the most serious for North Korea.
The reclusive communist state has suffered from a chronic shortage of food and energy due to years of isolation, mismanagement and natural disasters.
North Korea has relied on international handouts since 1995 to help feed its more than 20 million people.
–IANS/RIA Novosti
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