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North Korea’s Kim orders ‘radical change’ in agriculture

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has stressed the need to meet grain production targets amid reports of food shortages [File: KCNA via Reuters]

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for a “radical change” in agricultural production amid concerns over reported food shortages in the isolated country.

Kim emphasised the importance of meeting grain production targets and transforming production to lay the “foundation for the stable and sustained development of agriculture” during the second day of a key party meeting, the state-run Korean Central News Agency reported on Tuesday.

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