Beijing - Food rations in North Korea have dwindled to dangerously low levels and the country could run out of grain by April, an aid worker said yesterday. A poor harvest last year had whittled grain rations to just 150 grammes per person per day, one-third the level a few months ago, said Mr Sten Swedlund, head of the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in North Korea.
That meant the country would be totally reliant on international food aid by April, Mr Swedlund said in Beijing. "The alarming thing about this is that it is happening earlier this year than last year," he declared. --(Korea)