The Rodong Sinmun， the official mouthpiece of the Korean Workers’ Party (of North Korea)， recently reported on skyrocketing food prices around the world， describing the phenomenon as a global crisis. The newspaper encouraged North Koreans to do their part to deal with the current food crisis by being self-reliant and by practicing conservation. By highlighting the fact that the food crisis is worldwide， the newspaper simply reported the current food shortage situation in North Korea as part of the global phenom