United Nations DPRK Needs and Priorities

Last week, Marc Noland walked through WFP/FAO food security report, and reports that North Korea might be entering a new phase of shortages (for example, here from the FAO itself). He noted that the reports failed to take account of the fact that production had been up over the previous two crop cycles, that grain prices are holding steady and that some of the food balance estimates produced in the past would imply continuing famine. But he also notes that when we are talking about North Korea,

Source: Peterson Institute (PIIE)