North Korea's state media has reported that a "grave" situation in food supply might have occurred in the city of Kaesong in ...

North Korea hosted a dog meat cooking contest in Pyongyang to elevate culinary standards for the red meat, state media has ...

North Korean people have suffered for decades from food shortages and famines. A famine in the mid-1990s is believed to have killed hundreds of thousands of people.

In 2015, the North Korean government submitted a bid to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to have kimchi designated as one of the nine foods on UNESCO’s Intangible ...

The United Nations has recommitted to offering food assistance to North Korea through December 2024. The U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) noted its continued support in an undated document posted ...

North Korea has reduced food rations to its soldiers for the first time in more than two decades as the Hermit Kingdom descends into a possible food crisis, officials said this week. South Korea ...

Speculation about North Korea’s food insecurity has flared as its top leaders prepare to discuss the “very important and urgent task” of formulating a correct agricultural policy.

Prospects for quickly resolving its food insecurity are dim, as North Korea restricts the operation of markets and devotes much of its scarce resources to its nuclear program. In this photo taken ...

North Korea needs about 5.5 million tons of grain to feed its 25 million people, so it's usually short about 1 million tons each year. About half of the gap is typically offset by unofficial grain ...

Experts believe the food situation in North Korea is the worst it has been under Kim Jong Un’s 11-year rule, but they still say they see no signs of imminent famine or mass deaths.

SEOUL, March 2 (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered improvements to infrastructure and expansion of farmland to ramp up food production, state media said on Thursday, amid warnings ...