Families in North Korea ‘starving to death’ due to lack of supplies – report

North Koreans 'starving to death' as Kim Jong-un fixated on nuclear weapons

North Koreans have spoken out on their fight against starvation and famine as Kim Jong-un continues to focus on nuclear weapons rather than helping suffering civilians

'We were scared of dying of Covid and now we're frightened of starving to death'

Civilians trapped inside North Korea say they have watched mothers, unable to work due to sickness, die of starvation and watched whole families perish from hunger

Families in North Korea ‘starving to death’ due to lack of supplies – report

‘At first, I was afraid of dying from Covid, but then I began to worry about starving to death’

Families are starving to death amid fears of widespread famine in Kim Jong-un’s North Korea

FAMILIES are starving to death amid fears of widespread famine in North Korea, it has emerged. Dictator Kim Jong-Un shut the isolated country’s borders in 2020 when the Covid pandemic started. EPAFamilies are starving to death amid fears of widespread famine in Kim Jong-Un’s North Korea[/caption] And the tyrant — nicknamed Rocket Man — halted the import of grain from nearby China. He then ordered his army to crack down on foreign food smuggling.…

North Korean citizens speak of starving to death in rare insight

North Korea sealed its borders in 2020 as the Covid-19 pandemic began to grip the globe. They cut off vital food supplies and made it impossible to leave, while also further curbing the domestic freedoms of its citizens.

3 North Koreans tell BBC News they are starving and afraid following sealing of border

CBS News partner BBC News spoke with North Korean residents who detailed vivid accounts of food scarcity and starvation following the country's isolation policies and the sealing of its international borders during the COVID-19 pandemic. BBC News Seoul correspondent Jean Mackenzie, who spent a month secretly communicating with people in North Korea, has more.