Famine hit North Korea’s rice basket last year
By , on February 7th, 2013
<!– google_ad_section_start –> A famine in a key North Korean grain-growing region last year may have killed thousands of people at the same time as the country was staging mass celebrations to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the state’s founder, according to a news agency based in Japan. It was impossible to verify the report independently and sporadic famines are commonplace in North Korea, according to experts based in South Korea. A United Nations analysis in 2011 showed that around a third of children were malnourished. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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Famine hit North Korea’s rice basket last year
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Famine hit North Korea’s rice basket last year
<!– google_ad_section_start –> A famine in a key North Korean grain-growing region last year may have killed thousands of people at the same time as the country was staging mass celebrations to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the state’s founder, according to a news agency based in Japan. It was impossible to verify the report independently and sporadic famines are commonplace in North Korea, according to experts based in South Korea. A United Nations analysis in 2011 showed that around a third of children were malnourished. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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Famine hit North Korea’s rice basket last year
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