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![North Korean leader Kim Jong-un holds up a document signed by him to applause from participants in the third plenary session of the eighth Central Committee of the North’s ruling Workers' Party Thursday, reported its official Korean Central News Agency Friday. The document is thought to be a special order signed off by Kim during the meeting which could address issues like food shortage. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10249136.jpg?imageId=10249136&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![A village in North Hwanghae Province, one of North Korea's most important grain-producing areas, is shown heavily flooded in state media footage from July. The downpours, and the pandemic, aggravated the country's food insecurity this year, but Pyongyang refuses to accept help. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11238731.jpg?imageId=11238731&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)