{"id":49486,"date":"2021-09-10T14:31:02","date_gmt":"2021-09-10T05:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=49486"},"modified":"2021-09-10T14:36:19","modified_gmt":"2021-09-10T05:36:19","slug":"north-korea-disappearing-supply-soybean-oil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korea-disappearing-supply-soybean-oil\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea&#8217;s disappearing supply of soybean oil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Imported foodstuffs have grown even more scarce in North Korean markets with the continued closure of the Sino-North Korean border.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With even ordinary foodstuffs such as cooking oil in short supply, many more North Koreans now complain of health problems due to malnutrition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a telephone conversation with Daily NK on Wednesday, a source in North Korea said with the border closure growing protracted, there are no imported foodstuffs from China or Southeast Asia in the markets. \u201cMany people haven\u2019t tasted oil in over a year because there\u2019s almost no soybean oil coming in,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prior to the closure of the border, Chinese soybean oil was selling for around KPW 10,000 a kilogram in North Korean markets. Recently, however, it was reportedly selling for more than KPW 30,000, triple earlier prices.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And with even this overpriced oil disappearing, it has become next to impossible to buy imported cooking oil in markets, said the source.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With locals facing worsening economic difficulties, many people cannot eat meat; now deprived of even cooking oil, more and more people are suffering health problems such as lethargy and poor eyesight.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_42436\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42436\" style=\"width: 741px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-42436\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/\uae40\uc815\uc740_\ucf69\uae30\ub984.jpg\" alt=\"Kim Jong Un soybean oil\" width=\"741\" height=\"494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/\uae40\uc815\uc740_\ucf69\uae30\ub984.jpg 741w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/\uae40\uc815\uc740_\ucf69\uae30\ub984-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/\uae40\uc815\uc740_\ucf69\uae30\ub984-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/\uae40\uc815\uc740_\ucf69\uae30\ub984-630x420.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 741px) 100vw, 741px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-42436\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is pictured on an on-the-spot visit to the Pyongyang Basic Food Factory in 2013. In front of him, are rows of soybean oil recently produced by the factory. \/ Image: Rodong Sinmun<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Faced with growing public discontent over shortages of imported foodstuffs and rising prices, North Korean authorities reportedly even issued an order for localities to produce cooking oil, including soybean oil, on their own.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Responding to the order, regional parties and people\u2019s committees have reportedly formulated plans to cultivate soybeans and sunflowers to produce and supply domestically manufactured cooking oil.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In fact, in April, the party committee of Kapsan County, Yanggang Province, ordered locals to surrender their small private plots for soybean production, telling residents the authorities would provide them with soybean oil.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With shortages of imported foodstuffs worsening nationwide, localities across the country are apparently attempting to produce food supplies on their own.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, these local initiatives will likely be easier said than done.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is because North Korea\u2019s mountainous terrain provides little arable land, and with farming supplies now in short supply, cultivating new crops will prove difficult.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIf there\u2019s land to cultivate, you cultivate staples like rice or potatoes, not crops for oil,\u201d said the source. \u201cIt\u2019s completely ineffective to plant sunflowers or soybeans to get oil.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe problem would be resolved if you lifted the border closure and allowed trade like the old days. I don\u2019t understand why they keep making the problem worse,\u201d he continued, adding, \u201cThere are an increasing number of food-short families with little to nothing to eat, but there are also more and more people with just barely enough to eat who are suffering from malnourishment.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"td-post-header\"><em>Please direct any comments or questions about this article to dailynkenglish@uni-media.net.<\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"td-post-header\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/%ea%b5%ad%ea%b2%bd%eb%b4%89%ec%87%84-%ea%b8%b8%ec%96%b4%ec%a7%80%ec%9e%90-%ec%88%98%ec%9e%85-%ec%8b%9d%ed%92%88-%ec%94%a8-%eb%a7%90%eb%9e%90%eb%8b%a4%ec%a4%91%ea%b5%ad%ec%82%b0-%ec%bd%a9\/\">Read in Korean<\/a><\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imported foodstuffs have grown even more scarce in North Korean markets with the continued closure of the Sino-North Korean border.\u00a0 With even ordinary foodstuffs such as cooking oil in short supply, many more North Koreans now complain of health problems due to malnutrition. 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