North Korean famine

The North Korean famine (also known as the Arduous March or the March of Tribulation) was a famine in North Korea which began in the early 1990s.

History

Beginning of the famine

The causes of the North Korean famine were complex, though it may be largely attributed to a series of environmental crises. In the 1980s and 1990s, the North Korean economy relied heavily upon favorable trading terms with the Soviet Union; following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, North Korea entered a period of internal industrial decline,United Nations Development Program, Millennium Development Goals and the DPRK, retrieved 23 August 2010,...
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