N. Koreans suffer chronic food shortages: UN
- Published: 12 Jun 2012 at 14.48
- Online news: Asia
Millions of North Koreans suffer chronic food shortages and dire health care, leaving one in three young children stunted, but there are no signs of reform to spur economic growth, the United Nations warns.
North Koreans are seen from the window of a train along the railway line between Pyongyang and North Phyongan Province on the west coast on April 8, 2012. illions of North Koreans suffer chronic food shortages and dire health care, leaving one in three young children stunted, and there are no immediate signs of reforms to spur economic growth, the United Nations says.
Some 16 million people -- two-thirds of the population -- depend on the state rationing system and suffer varying degrees of sustained food insecurity, six UN agencies operating inside the North said in a report released Tuesday.
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