Starving N. Korea Begs For Food, But U.S. Has Concerns About Resuming Aid -- Washington PostTOKYO - North Korea recently took the unusual step of begging for food handouts from the foreign governments it usually threatens.
Plagued by floods, an outbreak of a livestock disease and a brutal winter, the government ordered its embassies and diplomatic offices around the world to seek help.
The request has put the United States and other Western countries in the uncomfortable position of having to decide whether to ignore the pleas of a starving country or pump food into a corrupt distribution system that often gives food to those who need it least.
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My Comment: What is the point of giving food aid .... it will only be directed to the military and North Korea's ruling apparatus. My prediction .... food aid will still be shipped to North Korea with the hope that some of it will be directed to the hungry. Sadly .... I know through my Korean contacts that this will probably not happen.