He told the ruling party that the coronavirus pandemic and a series of storms had led to bad harvests.
North Korea is also struggling under international sanctions, imposed because of its nuclear programmes.
During the meeting, Mr Kim said that national industrial output had grown by a quarter compared to the same period last year. In April, Mr Kim made a a rare admission of looming hardship, calling on officials to "wage another, more difficult 'Arduous March' in order to relieve our people of the difficulty, even a little".
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