The US Department of Agriculture has put this year's pork consumption in the ROK at 2.044 million metric tons, slightly higher than the 2 million tons recorded in 2018. The USDA forecast pork consumption in the ROK to increase to 2.104 million tons next year.
The US National Transportation Safety Board has sent a team to investigate.
The United States has not made the matter any better by flexing its muscles. On Wednesday, some 2,000 US and the Republic of Korea troops took part in a military drill just 30 kilometers south of the Demilitarized Zone, a day after the DPRK held its own artillery drill. The USS Carl Vinson and other warships are cruising toward the area in what US President Donald Trump earlier described as "an armada".
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last week posted orders that extended an earlier ban that idled cruise ships through mid-July, but the White House Coronavirus Task Force has cut it by 20 days, USA Today reported Monday.
The UN does not have its own military force; it depends on contributions from Member States. As of March 31, 2014, 122 countries contributed military and police personnel to UN peacekeeping, according to UN statistics.
The US Federal Reserve set up a new facility, the so-called FIMA Repo Facility, on March 31 and it was available beginning on Monday. That is a temporary arrangement for at least six months, aimed at quelling stresses in dollar funding markets.
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The UN chief called on the international community to "help people acquire 21st century skills as the world transitions from fossil fuels and boost investments in low-carbon, climate-resilient infrastructure that require these kinds of skills."
The US today has increasingly become "isolationist" and a "closed society", signs of the US decline as many have pointed out.
The US president noted that the government purchase is part of the "Farmers to Family Food Box," calling it "great news for all".
The US trade deficit will widen if exports decline faster than imports. The trade gap had been narrowing in the last year as the global economy slowed and President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on goods from China.