North Korean citizens received an average of 420g of state food rations per
day throughout April, Radio Free Asia reported on the 6th.
Citing information released by the UN World Food Program’s
Pyongyang office, the report said the amount was the same as the preceding
months of February and March, and up 20g from January’s food rations.
The distributed food constitutes only 66% of the minimum 600g recommended by the WFP.
According to WFP documents, there is no evidence to suggest
a spike in food supply following the “special holiday rations” supposedly distributed by the regime to mark the birthday of Kim Il Sung on the 15th.
The regime has also claimed that the rice and corn mix delivered
last month through the national distribution system reached 66% of the country’s
population, an as yet unverified figure.
Meanwhile, the WFP provided 2,405 tons of food aid to the North
last month destined for children and pregnant women, significantly less than
the 4,093 tons provided during the same month last year.
