North Korea to expand state control of farming amid worsening food shortage

The North Korean government plans to take tighter control of its agricultural sector in order to overcome an ongoing food shortage, according to state media.

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"In order to attain the gigantic long-term objective of rural development, it is necessary to decisively strengthen the party guidance over the agricultural sector and improve the rural party work," state media quoted from Kim's speech.

The Workers' Party is the sole ruling party of North Korea. It follows a communist ideology and has been in complete control of the nation since the Korean War.