Wealthy North Koreans refuse loans to farms after government cancels farm debt. Farms are still expected to be ‘self-reliant,’ despite losing the key line of credit.
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The North Korean government’s order to cancel the debts of collective farms is causing reluctance among wealthy lenders to issue new loans to farmers, a major funding setback that could hamper the country’s ability to produce food this year, sources told Radio Free Asia .