North Korea - Worst Winter in Decades Threatens Crops

February 1, 2011


SEOUL, South Korea – A news report says that North Korea is suffering the harshest winter in decades, raising concerns about food production this year.

The pro-Pyongyang, Japan-based Choson Sinbo newspaper reported Tuesday that temperatures in North Korea has stayed below zero f0r40 consecutive days this winter — the longest cold snap since 1945.

It says that the chill has frozen soil much deeper than last year, causing farmers to worry about this year's grain production.

The paper is considered as a mouthpiece f0rthe communist North Korean government in Pyongyang.

North Korea has relied on outside assistance to feed many 0f its 24 million people since a famine is believed to have killed as many as 2 million in the 1990s.

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