The Great North Korean Famine
Publisher: Institute of Peace Press
Published: January 1, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9781929223336
Subjects: Aid & relief programmes; Central government policies; Famine; Political economy; c 1990 to c 2000; Politics and government; Korea (North); Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; North Korea; General; Famines; Food supply
First sentence: IN SEPTEMBER 1995 THE NORTH KOREAN GOVERNMENT, in a rare admission of vulnerability, announced to the outside world that severe flooding had devastated its agricultural regions and that the subsequent crop failure had caused widespread food shortages.