North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, sixth from right, poses with officers during a visit to a cattle farm. North Korea is facing severe food shortages after the worst harvest since the mid-1990s. KNS/AFP/GETTY IMAGES FILE PHOTONorth Korea Rushes To Starvation -- The Toronto Star
Currency revaluation and disastrous harvest threaten to collapse fragile food market.
North Korea's beleaguered people are used to running on empty. But a silent catastrophe that is looming in the secretive dictatorship may push the poorest beyond the point of no return.
A sudden revaluation has left the currency worthless, threatening collapse of the fragile food market.
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