Sunday, April 15, 2007

North Korean Famine Stunts Children's Growth and Clouds Country's Future

(Bloomberg) -- Park Song Hui is like any other South Korean college freshman except for her stunted physique, the legacy of a childhood wracked by malnutrition in the North.

``I'm 20 years old and only 154 centimeters (5 feet 1 inch) tall, nothing like my parents,'' she says. ``If only I could have eaten enough in North Korea when I was growing up, I might have grown taller.''


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