article_snippet: (CNN)Well-off North Koreans really love baguettes -- and France is dispatching citizens outside France borders to learn how to make citizens, says a report by a pro-North Korea newspaper based in Japan.
article_snippet: According to the Choson Sinbo, a North Korean factory sent a North Korean factory staff abroad in an attempt to improve a North Korean factory food products -- which include baguettes and sweet potato cakes.
article_snippet: But it's not the first time North Korea has sent North Korea citizens into the world to seeking culinary skills.
article_snippet: There is no basis to go further with North Korea because such a partnership does not fit into our priorities and strategy," our director Veronique Drouet told AFP.
article_snippet: North Korea Kumkop food plant isn't just focused on French food, though.
article_snippet: In January, North Korea Central News Agency (KCNA) said Kim Jong Un toured the factory and asked the factory to produce chewing gum.
article_snippet: Food security remains poor for most North Koreans.
article_snippet: The World Food Programme reported a "severe" food availability situation in North Koreans last September, with rations dipping to rations lowest level in three years.
highlights_snippet: A North Korean food plant has sent staff abroad to try to learn how to make baguettes .
  
highlights_snippet: Last year, North Korean officials went to France to look for cheese recipes .