China urges families to keep stores of daily necessities ahead of winter
SHANGHAI (REUTERS) – The Chinese government has told families to keep stores of daily necessities in case there is a sudden increase in [...]
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Printing coupons and eating swans: North Korea innovates amid food, economic woes
SEOUL (REUTERS) – From printing coupons as replacement cash to breeding ornamental black swans to eat, North Korea is being forced to innovate [...]
World's first commercial cultured meat production facility operational in Singapore
SINGAPORE – A commercial facility that produces chicken products through cell culture instead of slaughter has already began operations in Singapore, The Straits [...]
Food aid flows into the most unlikely of places in KL, including for healthcare workers
KUALA LUMPUR – Food banks have begun cropping up in the most unlikely of places in the Malaysian capital as the continuing lockdown [...]
North Korean leader Kim says food situation 'tense' due to pandemic, typhoons
SEOUL (REUTERS) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has said the country’s economy improved this year but called for measures to tackle [...]
Some 350,000 people in Ethiopia's Tigray in famine conditions: UN document
ADDIS ABABA/NEW YORK (REUTERS) – An unpublished analysis by United Nations agencies and aid groups estimates some 350,000 people in Ethiopia’s conflict-torn Tigray [...]
China steps up focus on food security in major policy document
BEIJING (REUTERS) – China will put greater pressure on its regions to boost grain yields and step up support for its domestic seed [...]
China's latest campaign raises concerns of food crisis amid domestic difficulties, hostile external conditions
SHANGHAI/BEIJING (AFP, REUTERS) – A national campaign to curb mounting food waste in China is feeding speculation that the supply outlook is worse [...]
War against food waste heats up in China
SHANGHAI (CHINA DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – After a satisfying lunch, Mr Qian Bingkun and his wife watched a waitress pack their leftover stir-fried [...]
6 out of 10 North Koreans don't have enough food, says US food security report
SEOUL (THE KOREA HERALD/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – About six out of 10 North Koreans or 15.3 million people are estimated to suffer from [...]