North Korea is believed to have dispatched thousands of soldiers to Russia to support its invasion of Ukraine, with thousands more anticipated to join by the year’s end, according to South Korean intelligence and military officials. While the National Intelligence Service said in its latest analysis the costs of North Korea stepping into the war seem to outweigh the benefits, other experts in Seoul say Pyongyan...
that gave me a bit of whiplash cause i used the same source; i'm not sure what the difference between 'milled' and 'rough' production is and which a food-aid or food-trade deal would involve. technically 70 tons of milled would be leftover from the figure i used but 'literally' is a word that can contain <10% inaccuracy
The source lists yield in thousand tons. I think you forgot to tack on those three extra zeros.
Raw rice grains are made up of a white grain surrounded by a bran and inedible husk. Rice is milled to remove the husk to make brown rice. It can be milled more to remove the bran to make white rice. Obviously, this process will cause the rice grains to lose ~30% weight, reducing the milled yield weight from the raw yield weight.
I think your choice of 700,000 tons for Russia's total edible yield makes more sense. If Russia gave the DPRK raw rice, the DPRK would have to mill it all anyways.
Either way, this supposed deal is very silly. Russia barely grows any rice, and this list says the DPRK actually grows more rice than Russia.
Perhaps the propagandist misspelled wheat as rice?
According to the USDA, Russia produced 1,185,000 tons of rice in 2024-2025.
On other words, if this bullshit is true, Russia has promised the DPRK 70% of its annual rice production. Very reasonable /s.
that gave me a bit of whiplash cause i used the same source; i'm not sure what the difference between 'milled' and 'rough' production is and which a food-aid or food-trade deal would involve. technically 70 tons of milled would be leftover from the figure i used but 'literally' is a word that can contain <10% inaccuracy
The source lists yield in thousand tons. I think you forgot to tack on those three extra zeros.
Raw rice grains are made up of a white grain surrounded by a bran and inedible husk. Rice is milled to remove the husk to make brown rice. It can be milled more to remove the bran to make white rice. Obviously, this process will cause the rice grains to lose ~30% weight, reducing the milled yield weight from the raw yield weight.
I think your choice of 700,000 tons for Russia's total edible yield makes more sense. If Russia gave the DPRK raw rice, the DPRK would have to mill it all anyways.
Either way, this supposed deal is very silly. Russia barely grows any rice, and this list says the DPRK actually grows more rice than Russia.
Perhaps the propagandist misspelled wheat as rice?