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

Fletcher said the UN was also trying to keep the Strait of Hormuz open in its bid to get aid convoys to sub-Saharan Africa amid a "looming famine" in the region.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

We can expect economic upheaval, famine and pestilence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

Nearly every child is at risk of famine or getting sick from preventable diseases.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2026

Their behavior and their desperation is described in Nothing to Envy, Barbara Demick’s book about how ordinary North Koreans endured the famine years.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden