Defector tells of famine North Korea

SEOUL - Elderly couples in North Korea are being thrown out of their homes and children abandoned in the streets to die because…

SEOUL - Elderly couples in North Korea are being thrown out of their homes and children abandoned in the streets to die because of famine, a North Korean defector said yesterday.

There are cases where those elderly parents hang or drown themselves. It is something I have witnessed myself," said Ms Chung Soon-young (36), who defected to South Korea with her son and daughter.

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