South Hwanghae

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A province of North Korea. Capital: Haeju.

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“The meeting summed up the implementation of the instructions on further developing agricultural production and all other work⟳ in the province, which Comrade Kim Il-song, the respected and beloved leader, gave when he personally visited South Hwanghae Province last⟳ year, and discussed the new tasks of South Hwanghae Province to translate⟳ more creditably into practice the militant program⟳ put⟳ forward⟳ by him at the fifth congress of the party.”

“A United Nations food agency released grim video on Friday of what it said were severely malnourished North Korean children. The Rome-based World Food Program⟳ said it shot the video at the Haeju Pediatric Hospital in the western South Hwanghae Province in mid-August.”

“The organization has been present⟳ in North Korea since 1997 and carries out projects to improve⟳ food security, water supply⟳ and sanitation in the East Asian nation. Agricultural schemes supported by the agency in South Hwanghae and North Pyongyang provinces are improving the quality of seeds, diversifying and intensifying agricultural production and maintaining agricultural equipment more efficiently.”

“South Korea is willing to cooperate with the North to tackle the disease outbreak, but Pyongyang remains unresponsive to any offers for dialogue, including Seoul's earlier proposal to provide⟳ COVID vaccines, said another official at the unification ministry. South Hwanghae Province, where Haeju is located, is North Korea's key agricultural region, raising concerns over possible impacts on the country's already dire food shortage.”

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