by KIM TONG-HYUNG, Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says it has been hit by its worst drought in a century, resulting in extensive damage […]
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25 Years of KoreAm Covers: Documenting Tragedy
To mark the 25th anniversary of KoreAm Journal, we’re revisiting some memorable covers from the magazine’s archives. Take a look at some of the creative talent, athletes, influential figures, social issues […]
Friday's Link Attack: North Korea, Roy Choi, Hines Ward
Special Report: Crisis grips North Korean rice bowl Reuters In a pediatric hospital in North Korea’s most productive farming province, children lay two to a bed. All showed signs […]
The Case for Food Aid to North Korea
As the North Korean food crisis rises to critical levels, the Korea Policy Institute invites the public to an urgent briefing on to take place tomorrow at the Korean […]
July Issue: The North Korean Food Dilemma
In this 1997 photo, students and residents plant rice in a newly rebuilt rice patty over flood-ravaged farmland in Sugu village, Kujang County, about 90 minutes north of Pyongyang. […]
Thursday's Link Attack: NK Famine Overblown? Baltimore Murder, KA Joins Grantland
Reports of North Korea food shortages overblown, say US, South Korea Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo News The US and South Korea disagree with the United Nations World Food […]
Tuesday's Link Attack: Kim Jong Il To Visit Russia, Far East Movement
Kim Jong-il traveling to Moscow, says Mainichi Korea Herald Kim Jong Il will make his first trip to Russia since 2002 and is set to have a meeting with […]
North Korea On Verge Of Famine, Smuggled Video Shows
North Korea could be on the verge of a famine similar to the one in the 1990s estimated to have killed well over one million people, according to video […]
