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Friday, July 27, 2012

Hunger In North Korea Worsens

SEOUL, July 27 (Reuters) - Talk that North Korea's young leader plans to reform the broken economy is already having an impact. It's helping send rice prices even further out of the reach of most families in one of the world's most under-fed societies.

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