North Korea deploys white-collar workers to farming areas to help fight against drought, state media report, as the impoverished nation struggles to prevent heavy crop damage
Government officials, as well as company and factory workers, were"actively joining the fight in drought-prone regions," according to Rodong Sinmun newspaper.
North Korea's white-collar workers have been deployed to farming areas across the country to help fight against drought, state media said, as the impoverished nation struggles to prevent heavy crop damage.newspaper reported on Wednesday that government officials, as well as company and factory workers, were "actively joining the fight in drought-prone regions".
The isolated, nuclear-armed nation –– which is under multiple sets of sanctions over its weapons programmes –– has long struggled to feed itself and suffers chronic food shortages. The dry spell was forecast to continue throughout the week, the official KCNA news agency said citing the country's weather agency.
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