This would certainly explain a lot of rather odd news stories from the folks at KCNA. I never bothered to post on them here, because they weren't particularly funny (and that's generally the only reason I post on North Korea), but there's been a steady stream of news stories about how the folks at this or that embassy have done something to help Korean farmers.

The U.N. World Food Program said Wednesday that a drying up of international food aid has given rise to a ''dramatic'' food shortage in North Korea... Only slightly more than 2 million of a planned 6.2 million people are now receiving food aid under its humanitarian food program.

I'll see if I can locate some examples and post them as updates to this story.
[Update]
June 3rd: Staff Members of Vietnamese Embassy Help Korean Farmers
June 4th: Staff Members of Syrian Embassy Help Korean Farmers
June 5th: Chinese Embassy Officials Help Korean Farmers
June 8th: Cambodian Embassy Officials Help Farmers
June 9th: Pine Needles and Pollens Good for Health (not quite the same, but certainly hints at a dire situation!)
June 10th: Indonesian Embassy Officials Help Korean Farmers
June 11th: Mongolian Embassy Staff Help Korean Farmers
There are bound to be more, but the KCNA website isn't set up for searches, and you have to go through news stories day by day.