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Poverty in North Korea
• One of the last communist countries in the world• Originally there was a food distribution system to give grains like
rice and wheat to people:
Status Grams of grains
Hard laborer 900 g
Average person 700g
Collage and high school student 600g
Younger students 300-400g
Retirees 300g
•By late 1990s food distribution system failed•Since then most people have to find themselves food especially those in rural areas
• 2 in 3 mothers are malnourished• 7% of children severely malnourished • 37% of children are chronically malnourished• 23.4% of children are underweight• 2011 official salary rate was equivalent to 2 USD per month• Actual salary rate is $15 US per month due to black market sales• A lot of aid mainly comes from China, the world food program and to some extent UNICEF• One quarter of women aged 15-49 are under nourished
http://www.wfp.org/countries/Korea--Democratic-People-s-Republic--DPRK-/Media/The-Face-of-Hunger-in-DPR-Korea
• A quarter of women in North Korea aged 15-49 are under nourished•Some 6 million people don’t have enough to eat•Much of the poverty is due to political and economic isolation and frequent natural disasters•Some organizations help but not enough is being done•North Korean government doesn’t allow all aid to go through•Funding is needed to help those who cant help themselves
china
North Korea
http://james-a-watkins.hubpages.com/hub/The-Korean-War
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/crisis-centre/crisis/north-korea-hunger
http://www.economist.com/node/18682803
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Korea/GA15Dg01.html
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/10/28/1067233170542.html?from=storyrhs
http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/korea_40615.html
http://www.prb.org/Articles/2010/northkorea-population.aspx
http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/korea.html