Complex sentence: The great famine, known in North Korea by the officially mandated phrase "konanŭi haenggun" (The Arduous March), was a central event in the country's history, forcing the regime and its people to change in fundamental and unanticipated ways.
Split into simpler sentences: The great famine is known in North Korea by the officially mandated phrase "konanŭi haenggun" (The Arduous March). It was a central event in the country's history, and it forced the regime and its people to change in fundamental and unanticipated ways.