CNN.com - Starved N Koreans eating grass to survive - June 21, 2002

A severe shortage of food aid is forcing hungry North Koreans to scrounge for grass and seaweed, the United Nations says.

As usual, the UN is being misleading. The problem is less a shortage of food aid than it is a government that won't distribute the aid promptly. There is a current shortage, and that is being remedied, but the main problem is systemic.