Poverty in North Korea
Poverty in North Korea is believed to be extensive, though reliable statistics are hard to come by due to lack of reliable research, pervasive censorship and extensive media manipulation in North Korea.[1] As with similar regimes that rarely disclose reliable statistics, much of what can be quantified is understood through measures of health, nutrition and education.[2]
Poverty of North Korea is widely recognized and reported on,[3][4][5][6] and often discussed in the context of numerous famines that affect that country, in particular the North Korean famine of the late 1990s.[7]
Poverty in Korea has been attributed to poor governance by the totalitarian regime.[8]
See also
- Bias in reporting on North Korea by Western news media
- Jangmadang
- Economy of North Korea#Crisis and famine
References
- ↑ "There are no reliable statistics about the poverty rate in North Korea; however, International relief organizations observed severe economic damage and many Koreans suffering from chronic food shortage". Quote from Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Economic Overview, The Eurasia Center.
- ↑ Nicholas Eberstadt; Nick Eberstadt (1 January 1988). The Poverty of Communism. Transaction Publishers. p. 3. ISBN 978-1-4128-3847-4.
- ↑ Hy-Sang Lee (2001). North Korea: A Strange Socialist Fortress. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-275-96917-2.
- ↑ Hugh Dyson Walker (November 2012). East Asia: A New History. AuthorHouse. p. 657. ISBN 978-1-4772-6516-1.
- ↑ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/11260650/Six-charts-that-show-how-North-Korea-became-the-most-miserable-place-on-earth.html
- ↑ http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2014/03/n-korea-myth-starvation-2014319124439924471.html
- ↑ Professor Tae-Hwan Kwak; Professor Seung-Ho Joo (28 March 2014). North Korea and Security Cooperation in Northeast Asia. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. p. 65. ISBN 978-1-4724-1786-2.
- ↑ "North Korea is the quintessential case of despotic rule leading to extreme poverty despite otherwise favorable economic potential. Quote from "Global Profile of Extreme Poverty ", Sustainable Development Solutions Network,
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