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| US Sends Emergency Food Aid to NORKS |
| 2004-01-04 |
| From East-Asia-Intel.com North Korea’s 2003 crop harvest is estimated at 4.1 million tons, up from 3.9 million tons the year before. But the output still falls short of the 5.1 million tons needed to feed its 22 million people, said Kwon Tae-Jin, a researcher at the Korea Rural Economic Institute in Seoul. The United States announced last week that it would donate an additional 60,000 tons of humanitarian food to North Korea despite concerns over the country’s nuclear weapons drive. The Christmas Eve donation brings total U.S. 2003 food aid to North Korea to 100,000 tons. That would still leave the NORKS short 900 kilotons of yield, so to speak. The World Food Program has warned of possible cutoffs of food aid to starving North Koreans, citing decreased foreign donations. The agency said it has received only 60 percent of the food needed this year for its goal of feeding 6.5 million North Koreans. The WFP says international food donors are increasingly losing interest in helping North Korea due to suspicions that the food is not reaching those in need and higher-profile shortages in other countries. Army First Policy. The North’s chronic energy shortage also deepened after the United States last January stopped an annual shipment of 500,000 tons of fuel oil. This stoppage also affected many farms and The U.S. decision to donate 60,000 metric tons of food will help ease hunger and starvation, but millions are still in danger of malnutrition this winter, said the Health Child, a Seoul-based civic relief group. Seems like a humanitarian PR gesture, as they will need 15 times or more to make ends meet. More than 20 out of 1,000 North Korean infants die before reaching one year of age mainly due to malnutrition and famine-related disease, South Korea’s relief agency says. Contrast this with 7.77/1000 in SKor. The mortality rate for infants under 5 is the world’s highest at 55 per 1,000. A direct result of Dear Leader’s policies. These are like African statistics In particular, 2.2 million children under 5 face "a high risk of dying" because of malnutrition and famine-related disease, said Shim Jae-Sok, head of the relief group. "The high infant mortality highlights the humanitarian plight facing North Koreans," he said, calling for more international aid for starving North Koreans. "The infant mortality rate is likely to remain high without additional international relief aid," he said. "North Korea is facing another dire winter due to the So where are all the liberals railing on Kimmie for the disasterous effects of his leadership? *sounds of grass being cut* Pretty disguisting. |
| Posted by:Alaska Paul |
| #3 Wouldn't it be nice if the NorK propaganda dept decided to fermez la juche? |
| Posted by: mom 2004-1-4 8:39:17 PM |
| #2 Frank, Don't you understand that the imperialist policies of the U.S. are what hampers the Jucie effort of the Norks? Damn those capatalists running lackey dogs! On the other hand there will be less people to feed next year, so maybe it will even out? |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2004-1-4 7:58:01 PM |
| #1 So where are all the liberals railing on Kimmie for the disasterous effects of his leadership? waiting for the spin to develop where they can blame Bushitler for the starvation |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-1-4 4:56:39 PM |