no one is starving, these are stories from 1994 - 2000 being repeated in the media by anti dprk sources. in recent years north koreans have seen great improvements in their living standards under the guidance of leaders kim jong il and kim jong un.
yeah . they are shooting them as traitors before starving so nobody can say people are suffering from hunger
2013
Although it's been aiming bellicose rhetoric -- not to mention, missiles -- at the United States and South Korea lately, North Korea is now singing a different tune for some of its neighbors. Pyongyang's new ambassador to Mongolia officially asked for food aid for North Korea last week.
“North Korea may face severe food shortage. Therefore, we ask Mongolia to learn possibilities of delivering food aid to North Korea," North Korea's ambassador to Mongolia Hong Gyu said in a statement posted on the official website of the Mongolian president.
2011
North Korea has ordered all its embassies to appeal to foreign governments for food aid in a sign of growing desperation in Pyongyang, according to diplomatic sources.
This direct approach to foreign capitals, launched in December, is highly unusual for the insular and totalitarian regime, which normally negotiates deliveries of food assistance with international organisations such as the World Food Programme.
