N. Korea asked Western diplomat for rice assistance

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According to South Korean governement source, North Korea has recently asked a visiting Western diplomat for rice assistance. One of the European union member countries visited North Korea in mid- Feburary and was asked for food support. North Korea has consistently widened its global outreach for food assistance; however, they have failed getting the food supplies several times due to misguided economic policies. Based on the research,  in the mid-1990s, about 2 million people died from starvation in North Korea, which is a very shocking news. Also the aid that was supported by South Korea has dried up, which leads to increase the North Korean citizens to defect.
This proves how much North Korea is suffering from blocking the connections between many countries including South Korea. Death of 2million people in North Korea is very shocking; however, their leader, Kim Jong Il does not pay attention to his citizens and spent over 1 million for his birthday present. North Korea needs to seriously ask for food supplies from South Korea and must apologize their attack internationally.