North Korea urges more grain production as food crisis grows
                   
sacbee.com     May 10, 2008            

North Korea exhorted its hunger-stricken population Saturday to redouble efforts to increase grain production, saying nothing is more urgent for the nation than addressing food shortages. North Korean soldiers stand guard as U.S. State Department's top Korea specialist Sung Kim, right, greets an... [read full story]                    


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