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Current Events and Musings => News of the Day => Topic started by: WhiskeyGirl on May 03, 2019, 04:03:53 PM



Title: North Korea faces food crisis, famine, cuts rations...
Post by: WhiskeyGirl on May 03, 2019, 04:03:53 PM
North Korea faces food crisis after poor harvest, U.N. says

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GENEVA (Reuters) - Four in ten North Koreans are chronically short of food and further cuts to already minimal rations are expected after the worst harvest in a decade, the United Nations said on Friday.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-food-un/north-korea-cuts-rations-to-record-low-after-bad-harvest-u-n-says-idUSKCN1S90LC (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-food-un/north-korea-cuts-rations-to-record-low-after-bad-harvest-u-n-says-idUSKCN1S90LC)

We live in a world where people turn crops into fuel, dump food to keep prices high.  Why is anyone going hungry?


Urgent action needed to ensure North Korea’s food security in April, MFA says
https://www.nknews.org/2019/04/urgent-action-needed-to-ensure-north-koreas-food-security-in-april-mfa-says/ (https://www.nknews.org/2019/04/urgent-action-needed-to-ensure-north-koreas-food-security-in-april-mfa-says/)


Food Shortages in Cuba Are Raising Fears of a New Economic Crisis
http://time.com/5573850/cuba-food-shortage-economic-crisis/ (http://time.com/5573850/cuba-food-shortage-economic-crisis/)

Where is the international community?