Patterns of Privation

Only those considered loyal to the government are permitted to live in and around Pyongyang, where food is relatively plentiful. For residents of the remoter provinces, severe malnutrition is a constant problem.

SOURCES: U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization/World Food Program; Peterson Institute for International Economics; Congressional Research Service | The Washington Post - March 6, 2009

This Story At the Heart of North Korea's Troubles, an Intractable Hunger Crisis Article \| SEOUL -- Behind the long-range missile it is preparing to launch and the stockpile of plutonium it claims to have "weaponized," North Korea has an embarrassing and insoluble weakness. Patterns of Privation		Network News X Profile View More Activity TOOLBOX E-Mail This Reprints
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Patterns of Privation

Only those considered loyal to the government are permitted to live in and around Pyongyang, where food is relatively plentiful. For residents of the remoter provinces, severe malnutrition is a constant problem.

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