With North Korea embroiled in a food crisis, flour has now become a luxury. The situation in the country, which is already in various problems, is deteriorating.
According to reports, the purchasing power of the North Korean people does not allow them to buy flour because of the high price of imported flour.
As the world faces a food crisis, reports say that the price of flour in North Korea has risen so fast that only the rich can afford it.
Reports say that flour is more expensive than rice because supply has become scarce. You may recall that North Korea recently stated that many families have fallen victim to unidentified intestinal disease, even as they struggle with the corona virus wave.
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Kim Jong Un’s regime announced the emergence of corona virus cases last month because it implemented a “maximum emergency immunization system” to combat the disease.
Despite drastic measures, the country says there are more than 4.5 million corona virus cases with 73 deaths. In this situation there is currently an increase in food shortages.
At a time when the corona virus epidemic was spreading worldwide, North Korea stopped importing flour in early 2020, until then North Korea had been buying from Russia and China.
Flour prices have risen in North Korea as flour imports have stopped. As the country struggles with the current food shortage, reports say that eating bread has become a status symbol in the country.
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