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Newshour: 14/06/2023 20:06 GMT: North Korea: Residents tell BBC of neighbours starving to death

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North Korea: Residents tell BBC of neighbours starving to death

14/06/2023 20:06 GMT

14/06/2023 20:06 GMT: North Korea: Residents tell BBC of neighbours starving to death

BBC World Service - Newshour, North Korea: Residents tell BBC of neighbours starving to death

The government sealed its borders in 2020, cutting off vital supplies

Exclusive interviews gathered inside the world’s most isolated state suggest the situation is the worst it’s been since the 1990s, according to experts. The BBC has secretly interviewed three ordinary people in North Korea. They told us that since the country’s border closure in 2020 in response to the pandemic, they are afraid they will either starve to death or be executed for flouting the rules. 

Also on the programme: at least 79 people have died and more than 100 have been rescued after their fishing vessel capsized off the coast of southern Greece; and the frenzy stoked by the start of Beyoncé’s world tour is seen driving up prices in Sweden.

(Image: A rare photo taken inside North Korea during the pandemic, showing people at a crossing in Phyongysong. Credit: NK News)

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