North Korea's total grain production last year reached its highest level since the country's economy began its collapse in the mid-1990s. According to the World Food Programme and the Food and Agriculture Organization, the North produced nearly 5 million tons of rice, corn and beans in 2014, an increase of 130,000 tons from a year earlier.
| That doesn't mean that the average Kim in North Korea has anything more to eat... |
While data from the UN bodies show that the regime's food production has gradually increased since leader Kim Jong-un came to power in 2011, North Korea is still not self-sufficient, lacking the bare minimum of grain needed to feed its people. |