Some Food Situation Updates

MARCUS NOLAND FORWARDS  two more updates on  North Korea’s food situation.  The first (“North Korea: The Emergence of Pre-famine Conditions”) is co-authored with Stephan  Haggard; the second (“Korean Institutional Reform in Comparative Perspective”) is co-authored with Erik Weeks. 

RICE EATERS, CORN EATERS, GRASS EATERS:  The Daily NK has  more on how the different classes in North Korea are surviving the current food crisis, and a very detailed report on food aid monitoring and manipulation.  Among other things, some members of the elite are now  forced to suffer the indignity of eating corn, something you should keep in mind when you consider this well-intentioned  appeal.  As before, it’s not a famine for everyone, though  very few  people  are overeating.