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North Korea's Kim Jong-un is with the weather forecasts in his country. He was with the meteorological department for giving "incorrect" forecasts. It is very for a North Korean leader to be about any part of the government. Mr Kim was visiting one of his country's weather when he made the comments. He said the used to predict the weather were wrong. He told forecasters to use more modern equipment. He told reporters it was important to protect people's lives, homes and . North Korea has many natural and has many famines, so it is to have accurate weather forecasts.

North Korean people suffer from very bad food . There are many droughts and floods, which means many people do not have enough food to eat. In May, the country's said North Korea was hit by one of the droughts in over 30 years. This has increased the of more food shortages. In the mid-1990s there was a very bad . Wikipedia says no one knows how many people died of but says the number is between 240,000 and 3,500,000. North Korea needs a lot of food from other countries. Many people would die if they did not get this . However, a lot of this does not reach the people who need it the most.

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