SEOUL, May 4 (UPI) -- As North Korea prepares for its Seventh Party Congress on Friday, North Koreans are struggling with the state's mishandling of the food distribution system. Rice and other staple supplies reach the population through the country's public distribution system. But a recent ordinance is outsourcing the responsibility to factories and state enterprises, South Korean news service Daily NK reported Wednesday. A source in North Hamgyong Province who spoke on the condition of anonymity said that the policy is being implemented to "ensure the performance" of the party congress. "Enterprises must provide two weeks of food to their constituents," the source said. The managers at production ...
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