Coverage dated December 31, 2021

Kim Jong Un focuses year-end speech on 'food problem' in North Korea

Headline from Local News 8

By Gawon Bae and Angus Watson, CNN North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has again admitted there is a “food problem” in the country, during a speech which brought an important five-day meeting of his Korean Worker’s Party to a close.

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15 articles, oldest first.

  1. Bloomberg

    Kim Jong Un Places Food Crisis Above Nuclear Talks in 2022 (opens Bloomberg)

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    Kim Jong Un urged North Korea to focus on easing food shortages and containing Covid, in a downbeat New Year’s policy assessment that suggested nuclear talks with the U.S. were a low priority for the coming months.

  2. Local News 8

    Kim Jong Un focuses year-end speech on 'food problem' in North Korea (opens Local News 8)

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    By Gawon Bae and Angus Watson, CNN North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has again admitted there is a “food problem” in the country, during a speech which brought an important five-day meeting of his Korean Worker’s Party to a close.

  3. Al Jazeera

    North Korea’s Kim Jong Un talks food not nukes for 2022 (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Kim says he wants to jump-start economy, improve people’s lives as he marks 10th anniversary of his leadership.

  4. France 24

    North Korea's Kim says focus on economy, food production for 2022 (opens France 24)

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    North Korean leader Kim Jong Un put the economy front and centre of an agenda-setting speech at the end of a key ruling party meeting, state media reported Saturday, with no mention of the United Sta…

  5. The Hill

    Kim Jong Un places economy, food shortage at center of policy meeting (opens The Hill)

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    North Korean leader Kim Jong Un placed domestic issues such as the economy and the country’s food shortage at the center of his remarks during the ruling Workers’ Party's central committee’s plenary meeting this wee

  6. Towleroad Gay News

    North Korea's Kim Talks Food Not Nukes For 2022 (opens Towleroad Gay News)

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    Towleroad Gay News's feed description

    By Josh Smith

  7. France 24

    North Korea's Kim says focus on food, economy for 2022 (opens France 24)

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    France 24's feed description

    North Korean leader Kim Jong Un put the economy front and centre of an agenda-setting speech at the end of a key ruling-party meeting, state media reported Saturday, with no mention of the United Sta…

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