Reports of terrible hunger are emerging from the closed-off state
people desperate. On February 10th a starving man in his 70s took a stand outside the communist party office in Hyesan, a city in the northern part of North Korea. As party members arrived for work, he called out, “I’ll die of starvation if things continue like this, please give me food.” Other famished people quickly joined him. When security guards tried to dispel the crowd, a skirmish ensued.
The prices of rice and maize, which make up 98% of the country’s cereal production, hint at the seriousness of the situation. Both are at five-year highs for March, according toThe cost of maize is rising fastest, suggesting that North Koreans are being forced to opt for that less calorific crop.reports that ordinary people have also been called on to contribute “patriotic rice” to the country’s armed forces.
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