North Korea refuses US food aid

[Newshound]

The United States says North Korea is rejecting food aid as tensions rise over border and nuclear disputes.

More... (http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7949785.stm)

[burgundia]

maybe they are afraid of something in the food...:winksmiley02:

[WiNaDeYo]

A simple click and a quick read defiles vague suspicion.....

The aid block comes as the North is planning to launch a satellite, which some fear is a cover for testing long-range missile technology.

To add to the tension, North Korea recently closed its border with the South, leaving 400 South Korean workers in the shared Kaesong industrial zone stranded.

But further reading into the article, it sounds like the NK gov't is going to reduce the population by starvation...

North Korea is now entering the most critical period of the year for food aid, he said - where stocks from the previous harvest are starting to run out and it is too early for the next harvest.

"We're very worried that people could be seriously hungry there," he told the BBC. "We estimate that nearly nine million people are in serious need of food aid."




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