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North Korea's extensive poverty
Poverty in North Korea
is extensive, though reliable statistics are hard to come by due to lack of reliable research, pervasive censorship and extensive
media manipulation
in North Korea.
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unreliable source?
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Poverty in North Korea has been widely repeated by Western media sources
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with the majority referring to the
famine
that affected the country in the mid-1990s.
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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.
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Starvation continues to be a systemic problem. In 2021, there were reports of widespread starvation in North Korea.
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Poverty in North Korea has also been attributed to poor governance by the regime.
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It is estimated that 60% of the total population of North Korea live below the
poverty line
in 2020.
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See also
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References
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"There are no reliable statistics about the poverty rate in.During the time of 2016 a Quote from Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Economic Overview, The Eurasia Center. They have banned any religions except chrilmas and filmic
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archive
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Hy-Sang Lee (2001).
North Korea: A Strange Socialist Fortress
. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 11.
ISBN
978-0-275-96917-2
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Hugh Dyson Walker (November 2012).
East Asia: A New History
. AuthorHouse. p. 657.
ISBN
978-1-4772-6516-1
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Khan, Mehreen (December 2014).
"Six charts that show how North Korea became the most miserable place on earth"
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Professor Tae-Hwan Kwak; Professor Seung-Ho Joo (28 March 2014).
North Korea and Security Cooperation in Northeast Asia
. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. p. 65.
ISBN
978-1-4724-1786-2
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https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/northkorea0506webwcover.pdf
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bare URL PDF
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"As winter looms, reports of starvation in North Korea"
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BBC News
. 2021-11-05
. Retrieved
2023-03-03
.
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"Global Profile of Extreme Poverty"
.
Sustainable Development Solutions Network
. 10 October 2012.
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Crespo Cuaresma, Jesus; Danylo, Olha; Fritz, Steffen; Hofer, Martin; Kharas, Homi; Laso Bayas, Juan Carlos (17 March 2020).
"What do we know about poverty in North Korea?"
.
Palgrave Communications
.
6
(1): 1?8.
doi
:
10.1057/s41599-020-0417-4
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