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The North Korean famine (Korean: 조선기근), dubbed the Arduous March (고난의 행군), was a period of mass starvation together with a general economic crisis from 1994 to 1998 in North Korea. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] During this time there was an increase in defection from North Korea which peaked towards the end of the famine period.
A 2006 report suggests that North Korea required an estimated 5.3m tonnes of grain per year while harvesting only an estimated 4.5m tonnes, and thus relies on foreign aid to overcome the deficit. [6] Starvation continues to be a systemic problem. In 2021, there were reports of widespread starvation in North Korea. [7]
During the North Korean famine of 1994–1998 somewhere between 240,000 and 3,500,000 North Koreans died from starvation or hunger-related illnesses, with the deaths peaking in 1997. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] A 2011 U.S. Census Bureau report put the likely number of excess deaths during 1993 to 2000 at from 500,000 to 600,000.
North Korean famine. [166] [167] Scholars estimate 600,000 died of starvation (other estimates range from 200,000 to 3.5 million). [168] North Korea: 200,000 – 3,500,000: 1995–1996 Tenth Kere: Madagascar: 1997–1998 Eleventh Kere: Madagascar: 1998: 1998 Sudan famine caused by war and drought: Sudan: 70,000 [160] 1998 1998 Afghanistan ...
North Korea suffered from a famine from 1994 to 1999, which killed between two and three million people from starvation and other hunger-related illnesses. [17] The traders smuggle food across the border from China to North Korea for sale. [citation needed] Usually crops are the cheapest right after harvest season.
North Korea’s 2022 grain production was estimated at 4.5 million tons, a 3.8% drop from a year earlier, according to South Korean assessments. In the previous decade, its annual production was ...
For North Korean soldiers, who receive food and clothing but are otherwise essentially unpaid, the main enemy is hunger. North Korea struggles with food shortages as Kim devotes the majority of ...
Estimates based on the North Korean census suggest that 240,000 to 420,000 people died as a result of the famine and that there were 600,000 to 850,000 unnatural deaths in North Korea from 1993 to 2008. [78] North Korea has not yet regained food self-sufficiency and relies on external food aid from China, Japan, South Korea, Russia and the ...