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ภาพประกอบ: North Korea’s white-collar workers have been deployed to farming areas across the country to help fight against drought, state media said, as the impoverished nation struggles to prevent heavy crop damage. The isolated, nuclear-armed nation — has long struggled to feed itself and suffers chronic food shortages. WFP

ภาพประกอบ: North Korea’s agriculture, mining and trade shrank dramatically after the imposition of international sanctions, South Korea’s central bank said in its latest report on North Korea’s economy. (KCNA via Reuters)

ภาพประกอบ: “As soon as they arrived at the site, they immediately started watering, working shoulder-to-shoulder with farmers as they waged a fierce battle with nature,” the Wednesday report added. The report did not specify the damage so far, but said the efforts were aimed at countering the ongoing dry spell. WFP

ภาพประกอบ: The report did not specify the damage so far, but said the efforts were aimed at countering the ongoing dry spell as well as “preventing crop damages from drought in advance”. The dry spell was forecast to continue throughout the week, the official KCNA news agency said citing the country’s weather agency. AP