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Famine in North Korea: Markets, Aid, and Reform

Stephan Haggard; Marcus Noland · Columbia University Press · 2007

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Book
Author
Stephan Haggard; Marcus Noland
Accessed
2026-09-01
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ISBN 9780231140003.

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EstablishedDecisions, actions and omissions by the North Korean state and its leadership, not only natural disasters, caused the death of at least hundreds of thousands of people in the 1990s famine.EstablishedEstimates of excess deaths in North Korea's famine of the 1990s range from 240,000–420,000 (census reconstruction) to 600,000–1 million.