A delegation from North Korea held talks with authorities in Siberia on leasing land to grow vegetables and grain, Russia's state-run news agency reported.
North Korean kulaks will then be imported...
According to the RIA Novosti on Thursday, North Korea plans to rent several hundred thousand hectares of land in the Amur region, which has about 200,000 hectares of idle land in regional, municipal or private ownership. It quoted a Russian official as saying authorities in Pyongyang are planning the unprecedented agricultural project in an attempt to address that nation's food shortages.
As opposed to growing food at home...
Meanwhile, Amur region minister Igor Gorevoi said the land must not be abandoned and the newly-formed North Korean company must be registered in the region. |