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Both drought and sanctions contribute to famine. Drought, as there is no way to reproduce the needed crops to sustain the public and sanctions because the funds needed to produce food aren't there (even though military spending probably wouldn't allow much money to be spent on food anyway).

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Both drought and sanctions contribute to famine. Drought, as there is no way to reproduce the needed crops to sustain the public and sanctions because the funds needed to produce food aren't there (even though military spending probably wouldn't allow much money to be spent on food anyway).

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The UN sanctions are trying to teach the NK government a lesson and force them to stop certain behaviours. However, so far NK show no signs of changing their actions. The only impact that sanctions are having is putting the disadvantaged people in NK into an even worse situation. If NK feels like they have to fight continuously then they are not likely to ask for help and when they do they won't want to show the full extent of their problems as it makes them seem weak and vulnerable to countries that they need to seem strong in front of so aid won't be welcomed. Someone has to be the bigger person and swallow their pride in order to help starving people in NK and their own government are too proud so the UN should take the first step

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The United Nations have approved aid to be sent to North Korea as they aim to prevent a humanitarian crisis like the famine that occurred in the 1990s. If another famine occurred, North Korean citizens will suffer starvation and malnutrition, and many may die as happened during the first famine. However, the UN will also input new sanctions that stop North Korean exports. This is because they aim to prevent nuclear development that may lead to retaliation from Western countries.

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To what extent do you feel the UN’s actions are correct? (Sanctions and aid)

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To what extent do you feel the UN’s actions are correct? (Sanctions and aid)

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I feel that the UN’s actions are correct in terms of sanctioning and giving aid. The sanctions they give to NK are only in retaliation to NKs missile tests and their production of nuclear weapons. The DPRK knows that their actions go against that of the UN and if the UN is irresponsible in its punishments of NK, is the NK government not equally irresponsible for continuing to produce and test these weapons instead of conceding and focusing on helping their people and fixing their economy? The UN also is willing to provide aid to the specific regions of NK which need it the most and refuses to give unmonitored aid to NK because of their intentions to focus all aid on the parts of the country which don’t need it (i.e the wealthier capital of Pyongyang

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In my opinion, a big factor for famine I North Korea is the sanctions, as they ha e no ment 

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In my opinion, a big factor for famine I North Korea is the sanctions, as they ha e no ment 

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Both drought and sanctions cause famine in North Korea. Drought causes the food shortages but sanctions perpetuate them by restricting the development of the economy.

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I think It’s both. The drought is making it hard for farmers to grow their crops and help feed their people, and they need water to help them do Thisbe successfully. But I also believe that the sanctions aren’t helping either as it’s creating many more people unable to feed themselves and their families, creating a higher amount of people relying on the aid of other countries. Their government isn’t sending the aid where it needs to be. Although their plan to send the aid to the already stable area of NK is in theory a good idea it will take a lot of years before any of their future visions can have an impact of the other areas of NK who are in real need of aid.

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The NK government justifies spending on the military by telling it's people that a war with the US is imminent.

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GUARDIAN ARTICLE QUESTIONS
Please respond to at least one of these:
1. Drought or sanctions. What do you think is causing the famine in NK?
2. The Government knows many people are starving but they carry on with their military plans.  How do they justify this to their people?
3. To what extent do you feel the UN's actions are correct (sanctions AND aid)?

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NK have become dependent on aid due to their frequent support offered in the past
? Why has NK lost this aid?

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The soviets invested a lot of money into North Korea and frequently sent them food aid but NK didn't want to pay their debts, and then the Soviet Empire fell anyway, leaving masses of people in NK without food.
? What "legacy" did the Russians leave?

They left North Korea with a failing economy and a starving population, this is because North Koreans followed the same methods as the USSR.
YES - and they left farmers with a particular style of agriculture that doesn't suit the NK economy.

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The reliance of a central government in Pyongyang meant that decisions about what actions to take during the famine were made too slowly to help.
? So why didn't the farms respond directly to the local food crisis?

Land was owned by the state and redistributed to farmers - they didn’t own the land that they grew crops on. All private production was banned. The North Korean government used Soviet farming techniques which were harmful to soil, meaning that crops couldn’t be grown. The large scale crop growth that would be needed to help the famine was impossible as the land was not able to produce food due to depleted resources.
STRONG RESPONSE. Also, NK farmers are too 'conditioned' to waiting for instructions from central government to make decisions on their own.

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As NK is running out of land, they continue to cut down forists in order to make more room. However, as with this, there is far less land suitable for farming and agriculture, reduces the amount of soil that can be famed on (healthy soil) and also causes more problems in terms of flooding
? How have North Koreans been able to grow food if the land/soil is poor? How does this worsen the situation?

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North Korea is awarded (given?) economic sanctions by the UN whenever they launch more missile tests, putting more strain on their already fragile economy and threatening export-dependent jobs, affecting the ordinary citizens of NK the most
? So, is the problem SANCTIONS or NK Government policy? Doesn't NK have a right to defend itself?

The NK governments fear over war with the US and Japan fuelled their over-investment in the military, money which could have been used to help strengthen their economy and fight famine is instead being invested into weapons development, and what little income is left which people depend on (seafood export, iron mining) is being cut by sanctions causing NK citizens support for the NK regime to dwindle

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Sanctions and loss of soviet trading partners resulted in a poor health care system
? This is a two-fold problem.  Malnourished people can't get health care, and sick people aren't good at what?

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They also need the trees and forests to help the soil that they ruined become healthy again
?Yes - short term gain and long term damage. Why did they do it?

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The main issue to think about is this: Is famine a 'natural disaster'; a consequence of poor government/management of food supplies or caused by sanctions?

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The main issue to think about is this: Is famine a 'natural disaster'; a consequence of poor government/management of food supplies or caused by sanctions?

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North Korea spend more money than necessary developing their military due to tensions with South Korea and the US, in particular. This is money that could be spent investing in their economy and the betterment of living standards.
? What arguments might the NK government give for doing this rather than spending money on feeding the people?

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