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CAUTION: The following links and
accompanying text have been culled from the web to illuminate the situation
in the DPRK in the early years of the 21st Century. Some of these links
may lead to websites that present allegations that are unsubstantiated,
misleading or even false. No attempt has been made to validate
their authenticity or to verify their content. HOW TO USE THIS WEBPAGE Students If you are looking
for material to use in a term-paper, you are advised to scan the postings on
this page and others to see which aspects of poverty are of particular
interest to you. You might be
interested in exploring the relationship between distribution of labor and
per-capita GDP, for example. Perhaps
your paper could focus on life expectancy or infant mortality. Other factors of interest might be
unemployment, literacy, access to basic services, etc. On the other hand, you might choose to
include some of the possible outgrowths of poverty such as Human Trafficking,
Street Children,
or even Prostitution. There is a lot to the subject of
Poverty. Scan other countries as well
as this one. Draw comparisons between
activity in adjacent countries and/or regions. Meanwhile, check out some of the Term-Paper resources
that are available on-line. Teachers Check out some of
the Resources
for Teachers attached to this website. *** Extreme Weather *** The North Korean
Ministry of Land and Environmental Protection estimates that the country’s
average temperature rose by 1.9°C between 1918 and
2000. North Korea ranked seventh in the Climate Risk Index for being hard-hit
by climate-related extreme weather events between 1992 and 2011. In January 2023,
authorities issued an extreme cold weather alert as a cold wave swept across
the Korean peninsula. Temperatures were expected to dip below -30°C in the
northern regions, which are also the poorest parts of the country. Despite
these challenges, North Korea continues to grapple with natural disasters,
climate fluctuations, and their impact on its population. – adapted
from Microsoft BING Copilot *** ARCHIVES *** The World Factbook – North Korea U.S. Central Intelligence Agency CIA www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/kn.html [accessed 16
November 2020] World Factbook
website has moved to ---> www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/korea-north/ [accessed 6 January 2021] ECONOMIC OVERVIEW - one of the
world’s most centrally directed and least open economies; faces stagnation,
underinvestment, and chronic shortages, largely as a result of mismanagement,
isolation, largescale military spending, and international sanctions GDP - per capita (PPP): $1,700 (2015 est.) Labor force - by
occupation: agriculture: 37% industry: 63% (2008 est.) Unemployment rate: 25.6% (2013 est.) Population below
poverty line: N/A Maternal mortality
rate: 89 deaths/100,000 live births (2017
est.) Infant mortality
rate: total: 20 deaths/1,000 live births Life expectancy at
birth: total population: 71.6 years Drinking water
source: improved: total: 94.5% of population Physicians
density: 3.68 physicians/1,000 population (2017) Sanitation facility
access: improved: total: 84.5% of population Electricity access:
electrification - total population: 26% (2016)
The
Borgen Project – North Korea borgenproject.org/category/north-korea/ [accessed 23 February 2021] The Borgen Project works with U.S. leaders to utilize the United
States’ platform behind efforts toward improving living conditions for the
world’s poor. It is an innovative,
national campaign that is working to make poverty a focus of U.S. foreign
policy. It believes that leaders of
the most powerful nation on earth should be doing more to address global
poverty. From ending segregation to providing women with the right to vote,
nearly every wrong ever righted in history was achieved through advocacy. The
Borgen Project addresses the big picture, operating
at the political level advancing policies and programs that improve living
conditions for those living on less than $1 per day. ~
The Reality Of Women’s Rights In North Korea borgenproject.org/womens-rights-in-north-korea/ ~
Homelessness In North Korea borgenproject.org/homelessness-in-north-korea/ ~
Healthcare In North Korea borgenproject.org/healthcare-in-north-korea/ ~
4 Influences On Poverty In North Korea borgenproject.org/influences-on-poverty-in-north-korea/ ~
The State Of Hunger In North Korea borgenproject.org/the-state-of-hunger-in-north-korea/ ~
10 Facts About Education In North Korea borgenproject.org/education-in-north-korea/ ~
An Impoverished Kingdom: Poverty In North Korea borgenproject.org/poverty-in-north-korea-2/ ~
5 Facts About Health In North Korea borgenproject.org/north-korea-and-health-care/ UN Rights Official Warns of Starvation, Poverty in North Korea From Long COVID-19 Lockdown Radio Free Asia RFA, 12 March 2021 www.rfa.org/english/news/korea/quintana-03122021180112.html [accessed 13 March 2021] Border closures
have isolated “people who are already subject to patterns of serious human
rights abuses,” says Tomás Ojea
Quintana. North
Koreans are starving to death, with children and elderly resorting to begging
in the streets or risking execution by breaking laws to obtain food from
China, a new report by the UN Special Rapporteur on North Korean Human Rights
says, calling for the country to face international justice for mistreating
its population. “In
December 2020, a man in his 50s who was allegedly involved in illicit trade
with China was reportedly publicly executed. In November 2020, two border
guard officers and two rank-and-file soldiers allegedly involved in smuggling
were reportedly executed. The same month, a high-profile moneychanger was
allegedly executed in Pyongyang,” the report said. The
COVID-19 pandemic has made an already dire human rights situation worse. In
January 2020, Beijing and Pyongyang closed the entirety of the 840-mile
Sino-Korean border and suspended all trade. The
closure was devastating for the North Korean economy, already pinched by U.S.
and UN nuclear sanctions. Much of North Korean commerce depends on the
purchase and sale of imported Chinese goods to the point that the border
closure killed off economic activity in entire towns, leaving people with no
way to support themselves. Looking back a few years … Advameg, Inc., Encyclopedia of the Nations www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Asia-and-Oceania/Korea-Democratic-People-s-Republic-of-DPRK-ECONOMY.html [accessed 8 December 2020] In
January 1995 the United States sent a first installment of 50,000 tons of
fuel, but in 1995 and 1996 the North Korean population became victims of
widespread malnutrition and famine, worsened by the government's rejection of
outside observers and reluctance to admit the seriousness of the situation,
despite its unprecedented appeal for foreign aid in 1995. Lacking money to
fuel and repair tractors, and to pay for fertilizer, the government had
called for and/or allowed the cultivation of marginal land with professed
target of doubling food production. The counter-productive result was
crop-destroying flooding in 1995 and 1996 Drought
conditions that followed worsened not only the food shortage but also the
energy shortage by reducing the output from hydroelectric facilities. By
1997, most North Koreans had come to depend on government rations, which were
reduced to 3.5 to 5.3 oz. per person a day. All
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