{"id":61154,"date":"2024-09-12T15:15:44","date_gmt":"2024-09-12T06:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=61154"},"modified":"2026-04-06T14:10:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T05:10:32","slug":"north-korea-tackles-malnutrition-crisis-among-displaced-in-pyongyang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korea-tackles-malnutrition-crisis-among-displaced-in-pyongyang\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea tackles malnutrition crisis among displaced in Pyongyang"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korean authorities have launched initiatives to combat malnutrition among displaced people in Pyongyang, amid concerns about their deteriorating health. The directive, issued by the Central Committee to the Pyongyang Party Committee at the end of August, aims to address the poor health conditions of the displaced population temporarily living in the capital.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to a source in the city on Tuesday, the Pyongyang Party Committee has asked the party committees of each of the city&#8217;s districts and the party committee of the April 25 Hotel &#8211; where the displaced people are staying &#8211; to make active efforts to alleviate their malnutrition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Central Committee&#8217;s order stressed that city officials &#8220;must remember the words of fatherly love of the supreme leader (Kim Jong Un), who said that &#8216;it is not enough for the people from the provinces who have come to the capital &#8211; the home of the nation &#8211; to relax and live their lives,\u2019 and take care of the displaced people to the last one, ensuring that each one recovers his or her health.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In particular, the Central Committee urged officials to spare no expense in supporting the health of the displaced, noting that many had been diagnosed with malnutrition during emergency health checks, and some had suddenly become unhealthy under the stress of living in a completely new environment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Most of the displaced people now in Pyongyang have long been unable to eat properly in the difficult economic conditions of the provinces, and since they have little experience of eating protein-rich foods such as meat or oil-rich foods, the new environment is actually causing problems,&#8221; the source said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many malnourished displaced people suffer from diarrhea or allergies when they suddenly eat oil-rich foods.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"font-claude-message pr-4 md:pr-9 relative leading-[1.65rem] [&amp;_pre&gt;div]:bg-bg-300 [&amp;_pre]:-mr-4 md:[&amp;_pre]:-mr-9\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"grid-col-1 grid gap-2.5 [&amp;_&gt;_*]:min-w-0\">\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\">The Central Committee has instructed the Pyongyang Party Committee to ensure that district-level party agencies collaborate with the city&#8217;s medical and food distribution departments. These entities are to provide displaced individuals with appropriate medicine, health products, and nutritious food tailored to their needs, treating them like family members to ease their discomfort in Pyongyang.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Central Committee also ordered Pyongyang officials to do their best to help the displaced people recover their health so that none of them will return home in the autumn feeling ill or malnourished.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;The Central Committee issued further instructions to provincial party organizations, telling them to help so that the displaced people don&#8217;t have to worry about food or winter preparations such as firewood and kimchi-making materials when they return home in the autumn,&#8221; the source said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Authorities have tried to reassure the displaced people by telling them &#8220;not to worry and to take care of their health as the government has prepared what they need to return home in the autumn.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\"><em>The Daily NK works with a network of sources in North Korea, China, and elsewhere. For security reasons, their identities remain anonymous.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\"><em>Please send any comments or questions about this article to dailynkenglish@uni-media.net.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/20240910-3\/\"><em>Read in Korean<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Korean authorities have launched initiatives to combat malnutrition among displaced people in Pyongyang, amid concerns about their deteriorating health. The directive, issued by the Central Committee to the Pyongyang Party Committee at the end of August, aims to address the poor health conditions of the displaced population temporarily living in the capital. 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