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Detailed explanation-1: -In a photo taken on December 1, 2020, a worker sorts cabbages on a factory production line in Pyongyang.

Detailed explanation-2: -Chronic food shortages and dependency on international food assistance are nothing new in North Korea, a diplomatically isolated country weighed down by its centrally controlled planned economy and its juche, or self-reliance philosophy, and plagued by harsh weather.

Detailed explanation-3: -Deprived of water, crops produce poorer harvests. The drought probably delayed the planting of maize and rice, the country’s two most important food staples. Combined with North Korea’s poor water management, an already precarious food situation is likely to get worse.

Detailed explanation-4: -North Korea, officially the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north at the Yalu (Amnok) and Tumen rivers, and South Korea to the south at the Korean Demilitarized Zone.

Detailed explanation-5: -Some street foods exist in North Korea, such as in Pyongyang, where vendors operate food stalls.