UN launching emergency food aid program in NKorea

Published April 29, 2011

GENEVA – The World Food Program says it is launching an emergency operation to help feed 3.5 million people suffering from hunger in North Korea.

A WFP spokeswoman says the global body believes food shortages have "led to a serious deterioration in the health of millions" in the East Asian country.

Emilia Casella says the harsh winter and poor vegetable crop last year have left North Korea with severe shortages of staple foods.

Casella told reporters in Geneva on Friday that chronic malnutrition is already widespread in the country.

WFP stressed in a statement that the aid operation in the authoritarian single-party state "will include the highest standards of monitoring and control to ensure that food gets to where it is needed."

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North Korea spends much of it's income on military hardware. The military also get the first and best shot at the food supply.

I just don't understand it why China doesn't care if the people in that country are starving. What economical advantage do they get from this? North Korea doesn't have money to buy anything from China right? They don't have purchasing power either? They have a huge army though that probably gets fed well, but that is it. I don't even think they have modern technology to fight a war like the US or other countries?

Will it just stay as a stand off forever? If China would just see that people are starving and decide not to support North Korea we would probably be able to influence the world to get rid of this dictator right?

I know it isn't that easy and I am no politician, but what needs to be done to resolve this issue?

Another thought is if the UN doesn't help bring emergency food aid would the people of the country be brave enough to revolt and topple the government? So is UN helping on this matter?

Good, I'm glad starving people will get to eat.
Can't really say much about others shootinmg their wads on guns and war...we, our country is guilty of it in a huge way..and we have our own poor who go without.

China is doing well on food and has plenty of money to buy more. One would think it would be China who stepped in since NKorea is a puppet state.

Feeding N Korea for what? I say let them starve until they decide to finally end the war once and for all! Until then they deserve to starve!

FUQUE the UN! They dragged us into Libya and we are getting nothing out of it other than a reason for speculators to drive up our fuel prices!!

But even if China stepped in to ensure that North Korea gets its food for the poor what do they benefit from it? I mean there has to be a return right? Is it military might guaranteed added to their already large military? What reasons?

That is the usual "give and take" to be a puppet state. Think Russia and Cuba.