famine

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Numbers were once even greater - after a devastating famine in the mid-1990s triggered what rights groups described as a silent exodus over a more porous border with China.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

The world’s population grew, but famine on the scale that Ehrlich predicted never materialized.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

For one, the status of women in North Korea has made great leaps since the so-called Arduous March - the famine caused in the 1990s when North Korea's economy collapsed.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

The same assessment said Dilling in South Kordofan is also likely facing famine conditions.

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

In advanced stages of famine, as the body begins to consume itself, the victim suffers muscle pain, heart disturbances, loss of hair, dizziness, shortness of breath, extreme sensitivity to cold, physical and mental exhaustion.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer