Half of North Koreans have nothing to eat – the people are suffering from famine. Responsible: A major drought and ruler Kim Jong-un’s Corona policy of not letting anyone and nothing into the country. Some time ago, the government announced that the famine was mainly due to weather-related crop failures. But this is only half the truth.
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Because all relief supplies are blocked at the border – Kim Jong-un also strictly rejects fertilizer deliveries from China and South Korea. In order to get the necessary fertilizer for the harvest, the population in North Korea should now go to the toilet more often!
Because even ruler Kim Jong-un announced that fertilizers are becoming scarce in the country, the population should now help to refill the storage facilities. And under duress. Every household has to meet the “manure quota”, which has now even been increased, according to Daily NK.
Compost and collect excrement
Each household has to produce 200 kilograms of fertilizer. Ultimately, it doesn’t matter how the homemade fertilizer is produced – it ranges from collecting your own excrement, collecting compost, weeds or garbage to using the legacies of domestic animals or oxen, which in North Korea are used instead of machines to dig up the fields.
Markets in North Korea will open an hour later than usual this month because fertilizer production takes time, according to Daily NK. In addition to the corona pass, everyone must also carry a manure pass with them.
Anyone who does not meet the quota is no longer allowed to enter the market – neither as a buyer nor as a seller. According to Daily NK, shops will also be closed for those who do not meet the quotas.
Quota not met – lost position in the market
Fertilizer production poses major problems for many North Koreans. Hyesan, a trader, tells the Daily NK about her fate. She is already unable to participate in many market activities as she is too busy meeting the manure quota.
From mid-January she will probably no longer be able to sit at her stand because she will probably not receive the liquid manure pass. That creates a huge anger in her. Kim, a trader who sells bean sprouts to make ends meet, is also in the same boat. Because of the liquid manure quota, he has not been able to earn a cent since the New Year.
At the end of last year, a general assembly of members of the government made solving the nation’s food problem the “main task” for 2022. Securing the liquid manure supply has become the “first fight”. Fertilizer is the “most important problem of the year” for North Korea, which is why the government is putting pressure on the people. (ct)