The UN estimates that 11 million people inside North Korea -- nearly 44% -- are undernourished
An estimated 11 million people inside the country -- nearly 44% -- are undernourished, the UN's 2019 North Korea Needs and Priorities report found.Food production fell by more than 9% from 5.45 million metric tons in 2017 to 4.95 million metric tons last year, in part due to"shortages of arable land, lack of access to modern agricultural equipment and fertilizers and recurrent natural disasters," it said.
The worst hit the country in the 1990s, when a series of bad harvests were exacerbated by the faltering economy. Though official figures may never be known, it is believed that about 10% of the country's population died. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his predecessors have faced harsh international criticism for ignoring the needs of their people at the expense of other priorities, notably the nuclear weapons program.
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