Kim Jong-Il with an entourageStarving North Korea Sends Out SOS For food Aid -- The Telegraph
North Korea is begging friends and foes alike for food aid while the elite of the regime prepares to celebrate the 69th birthday of Kim Jong-Il on February 16th.
The requests for assistance began last autumn, the South Korean newspaper the JoongAng Daily reported, but have become "frantic" in the last two months.
"Since the end of last year, North Korea has been asking the US, international organisations and almost every country it has diplomatic ties with, including nations in Europe and Southeast Asia, to assist it with food," the paper quoted a unidentified source as saying.
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My Comment: The sad part is that little if any of this food aid will end up in the hands of those who are hungry.
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