SEOUL: North Korea has scheduled a major political conference to discuss the "urgent task" of improving its agricultural sector, a possible sign of worsening food insecurity as the East Asian country's economic isolation deepens amid a defiant nuclear weapons push.
North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Monday that members of the ruling Workers' Party's Politburo met on Sunday and agreed to hold a larger plenary meeting of the party's Central Committee in late February to review strategies on agriculture and set new goals.
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