UPDATE 3: Stephan Haggard and Marcus Noland chime in with “Famine in North Korea Redux”.  UPDATE 2: IFES notes that Pyongyang is acknowledging the food shortage: DPRK stressing unaided resolution to food crisis Institute for Far Eastern Studies (IFES) NK Brief No. 08-10-24-1 10/24/2008 On October 22, the North Korean Workers’ Party newspaper, Rodong Shinmun, reported on … Continue reading (UPDATE)DPRK food update