FAO reports 1.9 million tonne food shortage.
Aid agencies appeal for help in food crises.
The World's international aid agencies swung their attention towards North Korea in April as warnings of an approaching famine grew louder and Pyougyang officials admitted 134 children had died of starvation. Meanwhile, the International Red Cross said most food suppies in North Korean countryside had stopped being distributed by the end of February because they had run out. FAO made a seperate appeal on april 21 for 14.3 million dollars in aid to go towards six projects to help North Korean restore its ability to produce sufficient quantities of food by reparing irrigation systems and implmenting double croppings. The most serious fact is the children of North Korea are dying . Notably the director of the World food Programme, has started to raise awarness of the serious situation in North Korea.