(7 Jul 1998) T/I: 10:15:27
Large portions of North Korea's population remain sick and hungry as the nation struggles to recover from extreme weather conditions and crop failures which have pushed the reclusive communist country to the brink of famine. The elderly, the very young, the sick and those with no access to farm land remain the most vulnerable and hardest hit by the food shortage, Zellweger said.
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PYONGAN PROVINCE OF NORTH KOREA
5-7/7
WS fields by river;
MS people by spoiled harvest;
MS woman picks up grain;
CU grain;
MS people taking cover off pile of grain;
MS woman with child sitting on bed;
CHINA, 7/7
SOT, Caritas spokeswoman Kathi Zellweger: "The people are struggling to find food, they don't get much distributed from the government. The children in nurseries and kindergartens depend on the food aid. The counties are producing all sorts of alternative food as they call it. I have seen it myself and it doesn't look very appetising, and doctors tell me that they have far more patients with stomach problems and diarrhoea"
NORTH KOREA, 5-7/7
Sick baby;
Wheat donated by Caritas (Catholic relief agency) being bagged up;
Pile of food aid;
CHINA, 7/7
SOT, Kathi Zellweger: "I would say overall I do see a slight improvement. The international aid has made an impact, but we cannot stop, that is very important that we continue with our aid programme to give North Korea enough time to shift from disaster relief to rehabilitation and to development";
NORTH KOREA, 5-7/7
VS babies playing;
VS of sick babies
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