US-PRC Summit 7. Japanese Use of Chemical Weapons in WWII 8. Japan-PRC Relations 9. Republic of Korea 1. He said that 500,000 people had starved to death in 1995 and a million each in 1996 and 1997.
Most people think it's too painful to go on.
They even think if it takes a war to bring change they are willing to start a war. Hwang said that the DPRK would welcome any sort of economic assistance from western countries as long as it did not carry political demands. But it's possible that the North may use the issue in future negotiations with the outside world. Rashid said that maize planting and 85 percent of rice planting has finished, and the crops appear to be in satisfactory condition, but that the harvest's success will depend largely on how much rain the DPRK gets in the coming months. Coutts said that the WFP has received just 250,000 tons of the 600,000 tons of food it appealed for this year.