DPRK / WFP BEASLEY VISIT

World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director David Beasley said with “a lot of work and a lot more support around the world,” his agency could make a difference for food security in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). WFP

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:05
• Production Date: 14 May 2018
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: DAVID BEASLEY
• Corporate Name: WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME - WFP
• Subject Topical: FOOD SECURITY
• Geographic Subject: DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA
• MAMS Id: 2150389
• Parent Id: 2150389
• Alternate Title: unifeed180514d

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STORY: DPRK / WFP BEASLEY VISIT
TRT: 02:05
SOURCE: WFP
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT WFP ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 9-11 MAY 2018, PYONGYANG / SINWON COUNTY, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA

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10 MAY 2018, PYONGYANG, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA

1. Various shots, city

9 MAY 2018, SINWON COUNTY, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA

2. Wide shot, man walking in street
3. Wide shot, vegetation
4. Wide shot, water from reservoir
5. Med shot, man opening reservoir
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7. Wide shot, maize field

11 MAY 2018, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA

8. SOUNDBITE (English) David Beasley, Executive Director, World Food Programme (WFP):
“There’s good news and bad news, like there is in almost every nation that we’re in. The good news is there’s improvement. We’re making a difference. People are working hard to truly be food secure. The bad news is only 15 percent of the land in this country is arable. Also, they face floods and droughts and malnutrition. So, we’re working with them to address their food security issues. And I do believe with a lot of work and a lot more support around the world, we’ll be able to make a difference.”
9 MAY 2018, SINWON COUNTY, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA

9. Wide shot, Beasley speaking to students at Hasong Kindergarten
10. Various shots, woman preparing school lunch
11. Wide shot, students exercising
12. Wide shot, students singing while excising
13. Close up, student

Storyline

World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director David Beasley said with “a lot of work and a lot more support around the world,” his agency could make a difference for food security in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK).

Beasley ended a four-day official visit to the DPRK on Friday (11 May) after meeting with senior government officials and visiting a number of WFP projects in different parts of the rural areas of the country.

The WFP chief travelled to Sinwon County in South Hwanghae Province where he saw a food-for-assets project in Komchon Ri village and visited a WFP-supported children’s nursery. He also travelled from Pyongyang to Sinuiju City in North Pyongan province, visiting a local factory where WFP produces fortified biscuits for its projects.

WFP said it aims to assist 650,000 women and children in the DPRK every month, providing highly nutritious, fortified cereals and biscuits that can address their nutritional needs, however funding shortfalls have resulted in the reduction or suspension of rations. WFP said hundreds of thousands of young children, pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers in the DPRK face undernutrition.

In all 10.3 million people are undernourished out of total population of 24.8 million. Around one-in-three young mothers and children under five suffer from anaemia. WFP said sustained funding is needed to ensure it could continue providing support to vulnerable communities in the DPRK.