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North Korea party meeting set to discuss ‘urgent’ food issue

The field of North Korea's Kaepoong town is seen from the Unification Observation Post in Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, on Jan. 27, 2023. North Korea has scheduled a major political conference on Feb. 2023, to discuss the “urgent task” of improving its agricultural sector, a possible sign that the country’s food insecurity is getting worse as its economic isolation deepens amid a defiant nuclear weapons push. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

FILE - Farmers manage rice seedlings at the Namsa Co-op Farm of Rangnang District in Pyongyang, North Korea, on May 25, 2021. North Korea has scheduled a major political conference Feb. 2023, to discuss the “urgent task” of improving its agricultural sector, a possible sign that the country’s food insecurity is getting worse as its economic isolation deepens amid a defiant nuclear weapons push. (AP Photo/Cha Song Ho, File)

FILE - Farmers plant rice using rice seedling transplanter at Chongsan Cooperative Farm in Kangso District, Nampho, North Korea, on May 9, 2022. North Korea has scheduled a major political conference Feb. 2023, to discuss the “urgent task” of improving its agricultural sector, a possible sign that the country’s food insecurity is getting worse as its economic isolation deepens amid a defiant nuclear weapons push. (AP Photo/Cha Song Ho, File)

North Korea party meeting set to discuss ‘urgent’ food issue