But this year, with rising impatience and anger in South Korea toward the North Korean regime, the food and fertilizer is in doubt. And some analysts in Seoul believe that a dicey political succession in Pyongyang, combined with food shortages in the countryside, could prove too much for the North Korean regime to handle.
在过去十几年间，韩国一直是朝鲜最主要的外部食品供应者，要么直接援助粮食（针对某些紧急情况），要么输送化肥。但今年随着韩国国内对朝鲜政权的烦躁和愤怒不断加深，这些食品和化肥的供应都成了未知之数。对此有分析家认为：倘若平壤内部的政治权力交接危机与农村地区的食品短缺双管齐下，朝鲜政权就将最终被压垮。