The so-called Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is one of the world’s poorest nations. An estimated 600,000 or more people died as a result of famine in the late 1990s. Malnutrition and even starvation reportedly again stalk this tragic nation.
The North Korean government wants aid. The DPRK’s embassies around the world are requesting assistance from host governments. The North’s deputy ambassador to the United Nations asked the U.S. government to restore food aid suspended two years ago.
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