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North Korea’s Grim New Famine

Our Correspondent
May 06, 2008
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North Korea’s perennial food shortage is expected to turn acute again this year as global grain prices soar and more countries compete for limited aid resources.

The seemingly never-ending provision of food relief to the Kim Jong Il regime in Pyongyang, a 15-year international basket case, has been rendered more controversial because of its rogue state i…

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