In this handout from the World Food Programme, a malnourished North Korean boy, 3 year-old Jong Song Chol, is fed a vitamin and mineral-enriched...
Emaciated brother and sister lie prone at Unsun kindergarten in South Pyongyang during the famine of the 1990's in North Korea, 1997.
North Korean women resting after work, North Hwanghae Province, Kaesong, North Korea on September 7, 2012 in Kaesong, North Korea.
North Korean farmers collecting corn on a cart, North Hwanghae Province, Kaesong, North Korea on September 7, 2012 in Kaesong, North Korea.
North Koreans carry rocks on their heads as they repair a riverbank 24 April in the wake of flooding which has destroyed thousands of acres of crops...
Arid farmland to the west of the North Korean capital Pyongyang. Desperately poor and with its economy still failing after years of mismanagement,...
North Korean trucks loaded with sacks of maize wait for clearance 06 May at the Chinese border to cross the Tumen River into the city of Namyang in...
Two North Korean peasant women push trolleys with their farm produce on the road to Pyongyang, 13 February 2003. Famine, which may have wiped out...
North korean children collecting corn on the road, kaesong, North Korea on September 7, 2012 in Kaesong, North Korea.
In this handout from the World Food Programme, a malnourished North Korean toddler sleeps on the floor of a government-run kindergarten, on August 6,...
Two North Korean farmers work at a field in Unsan County in South Pyongan province 26 July 2000. North Korea is facing a severe food shortage as...
This photo released 09 April by US Rep. Tony Hall's Office in Washington shows school children in Anju, North Korea eating soup and high protein...
In this handout from the World Food Programme, North Korean toddlers sleep on the floor of a government-run kindergarten, on August 6, 2004 in...
In this handout from the World Food Programme, a North Korean worker unloads wheat donated by Russia through the United Nations World Food Programme...
North Korean men collecting corn in a field, North Hwanghae Province, Kaesong, North Korea on September 7, 2012 in Kaesong, North Korea.
Severly malnourished 15-year-old lies in a hospital bed in Wonsan City 22 October in the famine-stricked North Korea. School aged children are not...
Two North Korean women drying mushrooms on the road, Ryanggang Province, Samjiyon, North Korea on September 19, 2011 in Samjiyon, North Korea.
South Korean trucks transporting rice prepare to travel to North Korea July 20, 2004 in Paju near the Demilitarized Zone, north of the inter-Korean...
This photo released 09 April by US Rep. Tony Hall's Office in Washington shows an elderly woman in Anju, North Korea gathering discarded cabbage...
North Korean woman collecting grass to eat in a field, North Hamgyong Province, Jung Pyong Ri, North Korea on May 7, 2010 in Jung Pyong Ri, North...
Ethnic Korean women living in China load sacks of maize 03 May in Tumen, China to take to their starving relatives in North Korea. A Red Cross...
North Korean children collecting fallen corn on the road in the countryside, North Hwanghae Province, Kaesong, North Korea on September 7, 2012 in...
South Korean soldier inspects trucks transporting rice to North Korea July 20, 2004 in Paju near the Demilitarized Zone, north of the inter-Korean...
Young children nap in a baby home in Wonsan City 22 October in the famine-stricked North Korea. The health status of children below the age of six...
North Korean woman collecting fallen corn on the road in the countryside, North Hwanghae Province, Kaesong, North Korea on September 7, 2012 in...
North Korean woman spreading corn on a road, North Hamgyong Province, Chilbo Sea, North Korea on September 13, 2011 in Chilbo Sea, North Korea.
Farmer despairs upon inspecting yet another failed crop season in the poorly irrigated topography of North Korea..
South Korean soldiers inspect trucks transporting rice to North Korea July 20, 2004 in Paju near the Demilitarized Zone, north of the inter-Korean...
Farm workers are seen working the fields on April 30, 2008 as photographed from the South Korean side of the border village of Panmunjom in the...
North Korean woman drying mushrooms on the road, Ryanggang Province, Samjiyon, North Korea on September 19, 2011 in Samjiyon, North Korea.
Robert Park holds photos of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il and a child suffeing from malnutrition during a protest in front of the Chinese embassy...
Propaganda image depicting successful agriculture sector of the North Korean Economy, 1970. The North Korean famine was a period of mass starvation...
North Korean women collecting grass to eat, North Hamgyong Province, Jung Pyong Ri, North Korea on May 7, 2010 in Jung Pyong Ri, North Korea.
South Korean soldier stands guard with drivers as trucks transporting rice to North Korea are inspected July 20, 2004 in Paju near the Demilitarized...
South Korean trucks transporting rice travel toward North Korea July 20, 2004 in Paju near the Demilitarized Zone, north of the inter-Korean border,...
Yonsan County hospital's pediatric ward. These babies are suffering from acute diarrhoea and it is questionable whether they will survive..
Farm workers are seen ploughing fields on April 30, 2008 as photographed from the South Korean side of the border village of Panmunjom in the...
In this handout photo supplied by the World Food Programme, North Korean cooperative farm workers spread fertilisers in a rice field on July 19, 2005...
In this handout photo supplied by the World Food Programme, North Korean children eat lunch at a government run kindergarten on July 18, 2005 at...
North Korean women tend to this season's rice harvest in South Hamgyong province 24 October. International aid organisations have called for...
In this handout photo supplied by the World Food Programme, North Korean children peer through a window at a government run nursery on July 20, 2005...
Pyongyang, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF: TO GO WITH NKorea-farm-food-aid,sched This photograph taken 25 April, 2007 shows collective farms in...
In this handout photo supplied by the World Food Programme, North Korean children perform at a government run orphanage on July 21, 2005 in Pyongsong...
Small agricultural community near the district of Nampo, west of the capital Pyongyang in North Korea. Desperately poor and with its economy still...
Propaganda image depicting successful agriculture sector of the North Korean Economy, 1970. The North Korean famine was a period of mass starvation...
Pair of unemployed North Korean men walk beside a train line in the north-western part of the country. Poverty and famine are still rife in the...
North Korean children in a little shelter to monitor the fields in the countryside, North Hwanghae Province, Kaesong, North Korea on September 7,...
Chinese shop assistant displays badges of the late North Korean "Great Leader" Kim Il-Sung and his son and successor Kim Jong-Il which are for sale...
In this handout photo supplied by the World Food Programme, North Korean children sit at a government run nursery on July 20, 2005 in Anju City,...
United Nations World Food Programme director for Asia, Tony Banbury,gestures during a press conference on his return from Pyongyang, 26 March 2005 in...
Yonsan County hospital's pediatric ward. These babies are suffering from acute diarrhoea and it is questionable whether they will survive..
Residents walk past newspapers showing the late North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il and his son Kim Jong-Un outside a convenience store in Seoul on...
North Korea mechanic repairs an old army truck along a country road in the north-western part of the country. Poverty and famine are still rife in...
North Korean girl in a little shelter to monitor the fields in the countryside, North Hwanghae Province, Kaesong, North Korea on September 11, 2011...
North Korean man watching and guarding crops from a high chair, North Hamgyong Province, Chilbosan, North Korea on September 16, 2011 in Chilbosan,...
North Korean man weeding grass in a garden, Kangwon Province, Wonsan, North Korea on September 14, 2011 in Wonsan, North Korea.