not again.

Taken from BBC news.

You may or may not have seen a lot of recent reports on N Korea in the news recently.
North Korea has recently test fired a range of missiles, some of which may or may not be capable of hitting the N American peripherary.
Perhaps more alarming however, is South Korea's reaction to the missile test - they have decided to suspend food aid and fertiliser donations.

South Korea is the single largest donor towards the North, providing it with huge quantities of food and aid every year.
Last year North Korea decided to remove all western NGO organisations that monitored aid and depend more heavily on Asian/S Korean donations.

This time of year, most of the population is gearing up for rice planting season - a critical time of year that will bear heavily on harvest results for the coming year. There's little doubt that aid restrictions will bring any significant impact upon the Government party cadres, but possible impact upon the general population could be devastating.

The one positive in the whole situation is that missile mess is bringing more and more attention to the plight of the starved and forgotten population.
But for how much longer will this drag on?