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Part 1 - NK Intro
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Part 2 - Famine I
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Part 3 - Famine II
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Part 4 - Health
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Part 5 - Children
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Part 6 - Christianity
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Part 7 - Brainwashing
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Part 8 - Refugees
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Part 9 - Female refugees
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Part 10 - Current efforts
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Week 3 - Famine Horror Stories (Part II)

Many long years of famine have had devastating effects on the physical and psychological well-being of North Koreans. Stealing, cheating and lying is the norm as people struggle to survive. Also, people's digestive systems are aversely affected, as some immediately throw up after consuming meat or rice.

People desperate for food are resorting to extreme measures. Hungry souls scavenge the land for plants, seeds and tree bark. Pets are virtually non-existent. The most disturbing stories we heard were about cannibalism. Every person we asked knew of incidents in their hometowns. This famine is demonstrating Social Darwinism at its worst.

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