SEOUL, May 9 (Yonhap) A -U.N. food agency has estimated that North Korea will secure 2 million tons of rice in 2012, up about 18 percent from last year,a news report said Wednesda.
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said that the North produced 1.6 million tons of rice last fall and is expected to import 300,000 tons of rice and receive 100,000 tons of outside assistance, Washington-based Radio Free Asia reported, citing the FAO's food outlook.