Loyalty comes first as North Korea braces for pandemic hardship
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North Korea is under multiple sets of international sanctions over its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs, and has long struggled to feed itself — suffering chronic food shortages. | AFP-JIJI
AFP-JIJI
Jun 9, 2021
Seoul – Behind its self-imposed COVID-19 barricade North Korea is more isolated than ever, and analysts say authorities are reinforcing loyalty to the regime in the face of desperate times.
The impoverished country is under multiple sets of international sanctions over its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programmes, and has long struggled to feed itself, suffering chronic food shortages.