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Posted: 7/4/2011 6:36:38 PM EST

European Union to Send Food Aid to North Korea

By STEPHEN CASTLE
Published: July 3, 2011

BRUSSELS — Responding to the growing threat of a humanitarian crisis in North Korea, the European Union announced on Monday that it will provide about $14.5 million in emergency aid to feed more than some 650,000 North Koreans.

The bloc’s executive body, the European Commission, said that after its experts witnessed evidence of a developing crisis last month during a mission to North Korea, it negotiated an agreement with the North Koreans about how to monitor the delivery of assistance.

“Increasingly desperate and extreme measures are being taken by the hard-hit North Koreans, including the widespread consumption of grass,” the European Commission said in a statement.
...

Former President Jimmy Carter and two other former presidents, Mary Robinson of Ireland and Martti Ahtisaari of Finland, and former Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland of Norway traveled to North Korea in April and issued grave warnings about the food situation there. (All four are members of the Elders, an independent group of world leaders established by Nelson Mandela.)

Mr. Carter was particularly concerned about the refusal of the United States and South Korea to send humanitarian assistance to the North, saying their deliberate withholding of food aid amounted to “a human rights violation.”
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According to the European Commission, its experts found that in North Korea the state-distributed food rations had been more than halved in recent months. Two-thirds of the population depends on the rations, it said.

The per-person ration, which had been 400 grams of cereals per day, about 14 ounces, was reduced to 150 grams, about 5.3 ounces, in June. That is a fifth of the daily average nutritional requirement, according to European experts. Most of the rations consist of corn.

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Posted: 7/4/2011 6:39:10 PM EST

[#1]

Communism works!

Posted: 7/4/2011 6:40:43 PM EST

[#2]

Let em starve and force a collapse.

Posted: 7/4/2011 6:41:04 PM EST

[#3]

I wonder if they trade the food they grow for guns n stuff then
expect the rest of the world to feed them.

Posted: 7/4/2011 6:43:26 PM EST

[#4]

Every time someone sends in aid and food, the "dear leader" gets his cut, the mil gets theirs, and little gets to the people. It also allows the govt to stay in power longer.

Posted: 7/4/2011 6:43:58 PM EST

[#5]

were such horrible people for not letting them grow food, we're causing a crisis, we're the ones committing the humans rights violation!!! ...Fuck Jimmy Carter

Posted: 7/4/2011 6:45:12 PM EST

[#6]

I was talking to my grandpa the other day and I mentioned that I'd jump at the opportunity to visit N. Korea. Other than that he fought there, he was able to travel through parts of the Soviet Union and I want to see a real communist nation (been to China and don't think that it counts) before it implodes.

Posted: 7/4/2011 6:49:47 PM EST

[#7]

Hey EU, way to prop up a dictator! Maybe Jimmy Carter can be the delivery boy.

Posted: 7/4/2011 6:52:50 PM EST

[#8]

Fuck Carter!

Posted: 7/4/2011 6:52:57 PM EST

[#9]

Mr. Carter was particularly concerned about the refusal of the United States and South Korea to send humanitarian assistance to the North, saying their deliberate withholding of food aid amounted to “a human rights violation.”

We're committing a human rights violation by not giving people our things? What?

Posted: 7/4/2011 6:54:36 PM EST

[#10]

Quoted:

Mr. Carter was particularly concerned about the refusal of the United States and South Korea to send humanitarian assistance to the North, saying their deliberate withholding of food aid amounted to “a human rights violation.”

We're committing a human rights violation by not giving people our things? What?

You are a terrible world citizen if you even have to ask such a question.

Posted: 7/4/2011 6:57:26 PM EST

[#11]

Quoted:
Hey EU, way to prop up a dictator! Maybe Jimmy Carter can be the delivery boy.

The European Union: Rewarding Failure Since 1958™

Posted: 7/4/2011 7:00:29 PM EST

[#12]

Far out.

Posted: 7/4/2011 7:02:01 PM EST

[#13]

Quoted:

Mr. Carter was particularly concerned about the refusal of the United States and South Korea to send humanitarian assistance to the North, saying their deliberate withholding of food aid amounted to “a human rights violation.”

We're committing a human rights violation by not giving people our things? What?

Funny, he forgot to mention China...if they want a buffer state why should we pay the bill?

Posted: 7/4/2011 7:05:29 PM EST

[#14]

Wonder if Carter still has his peanut farm. He could donate all his shit to 'em, and hand deliver it. He's old as hell and has to be close to kicking the bucket.

Posted: 7/4/2011 7:08:37 PM EST

[#15]

They're most likely constantly told that the rest of the world is far worse and that the working class in capitalist countries get much less than they do. In fact, they should be grateful that Dear Leader has provided them with such a wondrous worker's paradise to live in.

How many of those people doubt their government's propaganda? 60 years of continuous lies and total control has got to leave a mark.

Posted: 7/4/2011 7:23:45 PM EST

[#16]

Can't we just give them Carter instead and keep the food for us? You know, that ol' "kill two birds with one stone" thingy .........

Posted: 7/4/2011 7:25:03 PM EST

[#17]

Quoted:

Let em starve and force a collapse.

Posted: 7/4/2011 7:27:22 PM EST

[#18]

Quoted:
Let em starve and force a collapse.

The NK issue is a lot easier to address by occasionally throwing some food over the fence and otherwise ignoring it. A collapsed North Korea is something that the international community doesn't want to deal with.

Posted: 7/4/2011 7:31:30 PM EST

[#19]

Quoted:
Let em starve and force a collapse.

the big international worry is that NK will lash out militarily for resources rather than starve.

Posted: 7/4/2011 7:33:00 PM EST

[#20]

Quoted:

Quoted:

Let em starve and force a collapse.

The NK issue is a lot easier to address by occasionally throwing some food over the fence and otherwise ignoring it. A collapsed North Korea is something that the international community doesn't want to deal with.

I know, but its like pulling a bandaid. Best to just do it fast rather than drag it out while doing it slowly. Imagine if North Korea was forced to collapse a decade ago. The South Koreans and North Koreans would be learning how to come together as one by now. Even if it was far more destructive and costly than the war on terror it would be worth it. Heck it could have even helped heal the wounds between the Japanese and the Koreans if the Japanese helped fight the North Koreans and helped rebuild.

Posted: 7/4/2011 7:33:26 PM EST

[#21]

Quoted:
Let em starve and force a collapse.

This^

End this charade. It is only drawing-out the misery.

Posted: 7/4/2011 7:34:44 PM EST

[#22]

An army can't go far on an empty stomach. Everybody knows this.

As things stand now, send them a crate of food and they'll eat all the food and the crate, too.

CJ

Posted: 7/4/2011 7:36:04 PM EST

[#23]

Quoted:
Let em starve and force a collapse.

Yep

Posted: 7/4/2011 7:53:00 PM EST

[#24]

I wonder the size of the check Jimmie wrote ...

Posted: 7/4/2011 8:09:54 PM EST

[#25]

Seems they've got millions to spend on nuclear, bio and chemical weapons research and the missles to deliver them. But can't afford rice for their people? We need to quit enabling that crime against humanity.

Posted: 7/4/2011 8:20:00 PM EST

[#26]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Let em starve and force a collapse.

the big international worry is that NK will lash out militarily for resources rather than starve.

Fewer to feed.

WIN!!

Posted: 7/4/2011 8:22:35 PM EST

[#27]

My dog has similar food preferences

Posted: 7/4/2011 8:22:57 PM EST

[#28]

Quoted:

Quoted:

Let em starve and force a collapse.

the big international worry is that NK will lash out militarily for resources rather than starve.

Fewer to feed.

WIN!!

and a lot fewer people in South Korea too.

Posted: 7/4/2011 8:23:21 PM EST

[#29]

Quoted:
They're most likely constantly told that the rest of the world is far worse and that the working class in capitalist countries get much less than they do. In fact, they should be grateful that Dear Leader has provided them with such a wondrous worker's paradise to live in.

How many of those people doubt their government's propaganda? 60 years of continuous lies and total control has got to leave a mark.

There is a woman here who escaped as a child. I would love to hear her thoughts about this, but I can't remember her user name. Fem-something or other.

Posted: 7/4/2011 8:25:35 PM EST

[#30]

Quoted:

Quoted:
They're most likely constantly told that the rest of the world is far worse and that the working class in capitalist countries get much less than they do. In fact, they should be grateful that Dear Leader has provided them with such a wondrous worker's paradise to live in.

How many of those people doubt their government's propaganda? 60 years of continuous lies and total control has got to leave a mark.

There is a woman here who escaped as a child. I would love to hear her thoughts about this, but I can't remember her user name. Fem-something or other.

I don't think she has posted in quite awhile.

Posted: 7/4/2011 8:29:24 PM EST

[#31]

Will Jimmy Carter ever die? What is he, 138?

Posted: 7/4/2011 8:34:26 PM EST

[#32]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Let em starve and force a collapse.

This^

End this charade. It is only drawing-out the misery.

agreed.

Posted: 7/4/2011 8:37:42 PM EST

[#33]

Quoted:
My dog has similar food preferences

Hmm - Maybe you're on to something...

Question for the vets in the house: How much supplemental nutrition does eating kitty poo or licking your own privates provide?

Posted: 7/4/2011 8:53:43 PM EST

[#34]

I am conflicted over this.

Sincerely, I doubt that those at the top are going hungry, at all. Most likely they get regular shipments of 'comfort items' from out of the country. The only ones who suffer are the farmers in the field, the factory workers, etc., who have no power. The army gets fed, especially when we send anything to them as it goes there first, then out to the families of those in the army (whether the Dear Leader condones this or not, I know what I would do to feed my family).

But it does trickle down.

The rational side says to let them burn, as the wound will continue to fester as it has for almost 60 years.

Posted: 7/4/2011 9:13:59 PM EST

[#35]

Quoted:

I am conflicted over this.

Sincerely, I doubt that those at the top are going hungry, at all. Most likely they get regular shipments of 'comfort items' from out of the country. The only ones who suffer are the farmers in the field, the factory workers, etc., who have no power. The army gets fed, especially when we send anything to them as it goes there first, then out to the families of those in the army (whether the Dear Leader condones this or not, I know what I would do to feed my family).

But it does trickle down.

The rational side says to let them burn, as the wound will continue to fester as it has for almost 60 years.

One article I saw a few days ago said the army was starving too. Also talked about the SKoreans are a head taller than the NKoreans

Of course, Kim Jong II spends $650000+ a year on Hennessey

Posted: 7/4/2011 9:14:10 PM EST

[#36]

Fuck North Korea.

Let China fix their fucking problem.

Fuck China.

FUBO.

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Posted: 7/4/2011 9:22:22 PM EST

[#37]

Now they can make more Soylent Yellow!

"This is all mine, right? RIGHT?"

Posted: 7/4/2011 9:27:30 PM EST

[#38]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Let em starve and force a collapse.

The NK issue is a lot easier to address by occasionally throwing some food over the fence and otherwise ignoring it. A collapsed North Korea is something that the international community doesn't want to deal with.

Screw that. They are in China's back yard, let the Chicom's bail them out and install a friendly government to retain them as a buffer from the West.

Posted: 7/4/2011 9:31:08 PM EST

[#39]

Posted: 7/4/2011 9:34:58 PM EST

[#40]

Quoted:

Now they can make more Soylent Yellow!

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y233/songunblog/leaderfood.jpg

Is that last one a gigantic bowl of battered Cocks?

I bet that is Kim's favourite dish.

Posted: 7/4/2011 9:57:32 PM EST

[#41]

Quoted:

Let em starve and force a collapse.

FIFY

Screw them.

Posted: 7/4/2011 9:59:26 PM EST

[#42]

Shut the fuck up, Jimmy.

Posted: 7/4/2011 11:19:11 PM EST

[#43]

Quoted:

Shut the fuck up, Jimmy.

My name is not Jimmy...

Posted: 7/4/2011 11:21:49 PM EST

[#44]

Every time this happens they rattle their sword and extort the rest of the world into giving them food. What's frightening to me is the possibility that one day they'll rattle their sword and start WWIII by accident.

Posted: 7/4/2011 11:23:48 PM EST

[#45]

Jimmy Carter really needs to learn when to stfu.

Posted: 7/5/2011 12:54:57 AM EST

[#46]

One article I saw a few days ago said the army was starving too. Also talked about the SKoreans are a head taller than the NKoreans

Of course, Kim Jong II spends $650000+ a year on Hennessey

Posted: 7/5/2011 1:02:55 AM EST

[#47]

Nothing like propping up the people that want to destroy you.

Posted: 7/5/2011 1:09:37 AM EST

[#48]

If I ever was in the same room as Kim Jong Il, just me and him.... handcuffed.

I'd savagely beat him. I'd make his last moments in life, so bad... that he would BEG for the sweet release of death.