"북한 곡창지대에 1981년 이래 가장 많은 비…식량난 심화할 듯"<br /><br />The main harvest season in North Korea, which runs through April to September, has been the regime's wettest in almost 40 years, making the North's food shortages even more acute.<br />This is according to a new report from the Switzerland-based crop monitoring organization GEOGLAM.<br />Heavy downpours and widespread flooding in August inundated the main producing southern region, including the Hwanghae-do Provinces.<br />While the regime is rebuffing international aid offers, the report warns the lack of food will become even worse due to the COVID-19 pandemic and typhoon damage.<br />
