N. Korea cracks down on grain trade at markets, food supply likely disrupted: Seoul ministry
SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has been conducting crackdowns on the trade of grains at marketplaces, as it adopted a new policy in October last year to tighten state control on the distribution of grains, according to Seoul's unification ministry Thursday.
The crackdown has disrupted the distribution amid the North's serious food crisis, according to the ministry handling inter-Korean affairs.
"There are signs that North Korean authorities have been seeking to tighten state control on (the food supply) since late last year," a ministry official told reporters on condition of anonymity.
The North has raised its purchasing price of grains for reserves and sold them at prices cheaper than market prices by setting up state-run stations selling grains in recent years.
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Not enough people are starving I guess.