Kim attends second day of agriculture meeting

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has attended a major political conference dedicated to agriculture, amid outside assessments that suggest the country is facing a serious shortfall of food.In recent years, Kim has held a plenary meeting two to four times a year to formulate major policies.It is the first time the party has convened a plenary session only to discuss agriculture.While experts have seen no signs of a famine in North Korea, they believe its current food shortage is the worst since Kim took power in 2011.South Korean experts estimate that North Korea is short around one million tons of grain, nearly 20% of its annual demand, after the coronavirus pandemic likely disrupted unofficial grain imports from China and the government has restricted food sales at markets.