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This 3 page paper discusses the problems of famine in North Korea. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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This paper discusses the situation. Discussion Famine has been plaguing North Korea for over ten years. There were reports of famine in the 1990s; in 2002, a special report gave
details. It said that estimates of the number of deaths from famine in North Korea since 1994 vary; the highest "are close to a million deaths per year" but because
North Korea is cut off from the rest of the world because of its Communist government, hard facts are difficult to get (Special report, 2002). Rick Corsino, "World Food Program
Country Director, North Korea, says, The famine in Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK) is the result of the cumulative effects of a fractured economic infrastructure and inadequate food production"
(Special report, 2002). North Korea has only 20% arable land, and a population of over 22 million; it cannot feed itself (Special report, 2002). To make matters worse, the World
Food Program has experienced a shortage of food donations, so that it cannot give as much food to North Korea as it would like, or that is needed (Special report,
2002). The WFP concentrates its efforts now on "orphans, young children, and pregnant and nursing women" (Special report, 2002). The situation is exacerbated by a number of North Koreans who
have defected to escape both the famine and the "repressive political regime" of Kim Jong-Il (Special report, 2002). North Koreans apparently have to try to get to South Korea via
China; only 40 made it in 2002 while thousands were turned back at the border (Special report, 2002). China is in a difficult position: it has a treaty with North
Korea to turn back refugees, but the international community is pressuring it to allow them in for humanitarian reasons. Taken together, the refugee crisis and the famine make life almost
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