10 Per Day
That is 10 people dying of starvation everyday in each city and county
Good Friends, an organization helping North Korea opened a media information session on the 2nd about the North Korean food shortage and said that immediate food support was necessary as “around 10 people per city and county were starving to death daily.”
Previously, controversy had arisen as Good Friends had reported recently that since last June there were people starving to death and recently in Hamheung the number of deaths from starvation had exceeded 300 people.
On this day, Good Friends announced that “there are 10 people starving to death in each city and county of North Pyungan Province, Yangkang Province, North and South Hamkyung as the number of casualties are increasing. In Hamheung, North Hamkyung, there are more than 300 people who starved to death and in each hospital in Chongjin, Ranam, Kyungseong, Uhrang, Buryeong, Kilju and Myungcheon there are 3-4 people who starve to death daily.”
In addition, [Good Friends] asserted that “there is an increase in the number of people who commit suicide and the number of households in which the entire family turn to pickpocket and sell their own house. There is a possibility that the pains of 10 years ago will repeat.”
In addition, North Korean authorities reported that officials of each county and city submitted a “Declaration to Stop Starvation” and a gag law was put into effect to high-ranking officials about the number of deaths from starvation.
And the best solution the regime has to offer? Stop reporting starvation deaths.
