South Korean farmers are asking to provide rice to North Korea to decrease the surplus in the domestic rice market and facilitate a peaceful inter-Korean mood at the same time.
Last Friday, the North Jeolla Province branch of the Korean Peasants League hosted its annual "unification harvest" event, which follows its June rice-planting. The league has organized the event each year in the hopes of sending rice to North Korea but has not been permitted to do so.
South Korean farmers are asking to provide rice to North Korea to decrease the surplus in the domestic rice market and facilitate a peaceful inter-Korean mood at the same time.
Last Friday, the North Jeolla Province branch of the Korean Peasants League hosted its annual "unification harvest" event, which follows its June rice-planting. The league has organized the event each year in the hopes of sending rice to North Korea but has not been permitted to do so.
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