Growing Food Emergency In North Korea

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (2nd right) with Wang Jiarui (2nd left), head of the International Liaison Department of China's Communist Party, and other Chinese officials in Pyongyang Photo: Reuters

North Koreans In Desperate Need Of Food After Floods -- CNN

(CNN) -- The World Food Programme said Friday it is stepping in to feed people in North Korea, where floods have ruined crops and left nearly 63,000 homeless, according to reports.

The United Nations declared the situation in North Korea an emergency Thursday after torrential rain soaked the country between July 18 and 29. Eighty-eight people have died, a U.N. report said, though national media put the toll at more than 100.

Counties most affected by the floods are in need of immediate food assistance, the report said.

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Update #1: UN: NKorea needs immediate food aid due to flood -- AP
Update #2: Kim Jong-un holds first top-level diplomatic meeting as North Korea seeks food aid -- The Telegraph

My Comment: Another food emergency in North Korea .... tell me something that is not new. The problem with providing aid to North Korea is that those who need it never get it .... and those who do get it are the ones who could infleunce and change the system .... but because they are being fed by this aid .... lose any motivation to press for change.