HUNGER - North Korea

Politics using people as pawns.

"How sanctions, weather and a bad harvest have left North Koreans without enough to eat" PBS NewsHour 6/20/2019

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SUMMARY:  In North Korea, hunger is pervasive, and medical supplies are inadequate, in part because of U.S. and U.N. sanctions.  While China and South Korea are offering humanitarian assistance, U.S. officials fear aid would be usurped by the government rather than distributed among the people who need it.  But as Nick Schifrin reports, conditions in the world’s most isolated country are only worsening.

KOREAN DIPLOMACY - Without the United States

aka North Korean Play-Book "How to Sucker the United States"

"Is new North and South Korea deal a significant step toward denuclearization?" PBS NewsHour 9/19/2018

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SUMMARY:  A new joint agreement signed by leaders of North and South Korea marked their most significant progress toward peace to date.  Kim Jong Un and Moon Jae-in pledged a "new era," with Kim agreeing to dismantle his main missile testing site, as well as his main nuclear weapons complex -- with conditions.  Yamiche Alcindor talks with Bruce Klingner of the Heritage Foundation and Jenny Town of 38 North.