24 October 2008
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DPRK suffers from serious food shortages
24/10/2008
Despite a recent improvement in harvests and record donations from the World Food Programme, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is facing its worst food crisis in more than a decade. The UN's Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in the country says up to two-thirds of all North Koreans are deprived of sufficient food, and compared to four years ago, twice as many children are now suffering from diarrhea. Bissera Kostova has more on this.
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