According to reports, Kim Jong Un, who supports "healthier eating," has allowed the construction of a high-end restaurant serving dog meat in a posh section of the North Korean capital.

At Pyonyang, the 'Dog Meat Delicacy House' will occupy a prominent riverbank position close to the well-known Okryugwan noodle restaurant. It is thought that the introduction of this restaurant and others offering dog meat as a delicacy is part of a state initiative to improve the diets of its citizens.

Kim Jong Un Supports 'Dog Meat' Restaurant

Kim Jong Un started a large agricultural-focused political gathering this week with allegations that the North is facing famine. Experts in South Korea believe North Korea is short around one million tonnes of grain, or 20% of its annual need, due to the pandemic's impact on agricultural and Chinese imports.

Recent unsubstantiated reports indicate that North Koreans are starving to death. Most experts agree that North Korea's food situation is not as dire as in the 1990s when hundreds of thousands of people perished in famine.

However, some claim that the country's food problems are at their worst since Kim Jong Un took power in 2011 after COVID-19 restrictions further shook an economy battered by decades of mismanagement and crippling US-led sanctions imposed over Kim's nuclear program.

While many appear to be battling food shortages, Rossiyskaya Gazeta has published a photo of the architectural design for a new high-end restaurant serving dog meat. Per Mirror, the new restaurant represents a significant expenditure of public monies, and Kim Jong Un would use it, as he does other local eateries.

According to NK News, he employed the Okryugwan noodle house and Taedonggang seafood restaurant to entertain South Korean President Moon Jae-in in September 2018. In 2021, he approved the construction of the new eatery serving dog meat while addressing it on state television.

Kim Jong Un spoke about "enhancing" people's diets while discussing the establishment of a second dog meat restaurant in the northern city of Chongjin, which was finished a few years ago. Dog meat is considered a national cuisine in North Korea, where several restaurants serve it, and cookery competitions using all parts of the animal are broadcast on official television.

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North Korea's Food Shortage

Meanwhile, state media said that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un pledged to tighten state control over agriculture and make every effort to improve grain output as the country's food need worsens. North Korea continues to limit the operation of its markets. It focuses most of its little resources on its nuclear program, making an early settlement of chronic food poverty unlikely.

According to the official Korean Central News Agency, Kim Jong Un stated during a recent four-day Workers' Party conference that his government considers agricultural growth "strategic" importance and that farming goals must be reached without fail.

According to CP24, Kim Jong Un stated that all governmental sectors and units must offer "mental and moral, material and technical support and help to rural areas" and that this should be "a social trend." The dictator also directed authorities to eliminate specific "imbalances in the agricultural instructions" and focus on raising farm output. He stated that provincial, municipal, and county governments must strengthen their agricultural supervision.

KCNA did not specify how Kim Jong Un intends to increase and strengthen his government's authority over agriculture. Yet, according to analysts, the North Korean government's efforts to provide grain through state-run facilities and limit private transactions at marketplaces contributed to the deteriorating food situation.

Additional factors include lower personal earnings, pandemic-related border restrictions that prevented unauthorized rice imports from China, and a general deterioration of the economy brought on by mismanagement, COVID-19, and foreign sanctions.

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