N.Korea - gambling on endurance
The UN World Food Program aims to have helped over 6 million Koreans avoid starvation in 2004 and currently has access to around 85% of the civilian population (of 23 million) through it's Special Operations section, more from the WFP... , but the DPRK government may be using that access as a bargaining chip.
A risky strategy considering - to quote the WFP - "In the latest survey, carried out in 2002, 40% of the children were stunted, 20% were underweight and 8% were wasted", more from The Guardian...
A risky strategy considering - to quote the WFP - "In the latest survey, carried out in 2002, 40% of the children were stunted, 20% were underweight and 8% were wasted", more from The Guardian...
posted by ixion65 at 1:36 PM
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Hi - very interesting (and depressing) article. Amnesty published a report on the right to food in N Korea some months back but I haven't read it. Will try to find the press release and send a link if it's good.
You seem to have forgotten to post anything today - why?
I expect an early post tomorrow.
See ye
Anonymous
Here's a link to an article on the right to food in N Korea - published by Amnesty in its monthly newsletter in Feb this year.
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