BBC on the Great Famine of 2006
Their coverage of Middle Eastern affairs may be distorted and venemous, but the BBC’s coverage of the next Great Famine is a public service to the world: North Korea has formally told the UN it no longer needs food aid, despite reports of malnutrition in the country. . . . Top UN relief co-ordinator Jan Egeland said an “abrupt” end to food aid would harm North Korea’s most vulnerable. . . . Analysts say North Korea might be worried that...