Dining in North Korea
A nation that needs to take care of its own people and then worry about building Nuclear Weapons and Missiles. From
Reuters:
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N.Korea Cuts Food Ration to Half Needed
North Korea has cut daily food rations to 250 grams (8.8 ounce) per person, just half the minimum daily energy requirement, officials from the World Food Program said on Monday.
bq. Richard Ragan, the U.N. food agency's country director for North Korea, said the cut from 300 grams per day appeared to be temporary and was not unprecedented in a country where fluctuations in public food distribution have been a regular occurrence.
And more:
The reclusive communist state has suffered from persistent food shortages, although conditions appear to have improved since famine caused by drought and flooding in the mid- and late-1990s were believed to have led to the deaths of a million people.
And more:
bq. Despite its best harvest in 10 years, North Korea was again expected to experience food shortages in 2005 and to require external aid, the World Food Program said in November.
I bet the weapons developers, the military and the government are eating very well. Beloved Leader is looking a bit chubby...
Posted by DaveH at January 23, 2005 9:38 PM