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catman
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 Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2011 7:11 pm Post subject: N Korea begs food aid from Zimbabwe |
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NORTH Korea has resorted to begging for food from another impoverished global pariah -- Zimbabwe.
A diplomatic source in South Korea said Africa had become the focus of North Korea's aid efforts, Seoul-based newspaper JoongAng Ilbo reported yesterday. It has previously been reported that North Korea instructed its 40 foreign embassies to request food aid. The US and Britain have confirmed requests from Pyongyang for assistance.
"Now they are begging for food even from the world's poorest countries in Africa such as Zimbabwe, where annual per-capita income is only around $US200 ($197)," the source said.
The North's efforts to grow enough food to feed its populace have been hampered recently by a cold snap and the spread of foot-and-mouth disease from South Korea, which is likely to require culling of livestock.
UN teams have been assessing the state of the foot-and-mouth outbreak.
Despite these problems, food production in the impoverished country increased last year, South Korea's foreign minister said last week, citing a report by UN food agencies. Kim Sung-hwan said Pyongyang nevertheless stepped up calls for international aid amid shortages caused by mismanagement of the state-directed economy and excessive military spending.
Seoul once gave an annual 400,000 tonnes of rice to its neighbour but this ended in 2008 as relations worsened. International irritation at the communist country's nuclear and missile programs has led to a drop in donations to UN food programs.
The US special representative for North Korea policy, Stephen Bosworth, said last week Washington was assessing the case for a resumption in food aid but stressed the need for monitoring to ensure distribution transparency.
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ThingsComeAround
Joined: 07 Nov 2008
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How many Zims will that cost them?
100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000? |
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caniff
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