Malnutrition, disease rising in NorthKorea: Aid organisation
SEOUL - Rates of malnutrition and disease are increasing in North Korea as it faces a harvest that is half of what was expected, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said on Thursday .
After an assessment in May concluded that this year's harvest would be less than half what it should be, the IFRC spent 250,000 Swiss francs on deploying mobile water pumps, which were able to double crop yields in the targeted areas, the organisation said. But the Centre for Advanced Defence Studies , a Washington-based think tank, documented in a report this week how North Korea also continues to import millions of dollars worth of luxury goods, including at least two armoured limousines valued at US$500,000 each.
"North Korea is expected to exhaust its crop reserves earlier than usual this year," Ms Lee told reporters.
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