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DPRK Termed World's Major Seaweeds Cultivator
Pyongyang, February 1 (KCNA) -- The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has put the DPRK on the list of the world's major seaweeds cultivation nations.

In the "white paper on world seafood breeding" issued on Monday, FAO said the DPRK produced about 440,000 tons of seaweeds including laver, brown seaweed and tangle in 2008, ranking sixth in the world.

The DPRK has cultivated seaweeds in an extensive way, while concentrating its effort on the improvement of the people's living standard.

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