North Korea/China - Latest on famine situation

Описание: (21 Oct 1997) T/I: 10:28:21


Relief workers returning from North Korea say the critical food shortage in the isolated nation has eased, but the crisis is far from over and could become worse with the approach of winter.
Kathy Zellwegar, Hong Kong director of international cooperation for the Catholic relief agency Caritas told reporters in Beijing Tuesday (21/10) that international food supplies are reaching the hungry in North Korea, but the assistance falls short of the country's needs.
Zellwegar said children appeared frail and many were coughing, a sign they would be susceptible to a flu epidemic.

SHOWS:

NORTH KOREA RECENT
Horse drawn cart crossing bridge;
ws dry river bed;
soldiers and civilians loading loading grain bags onto truck;
ws building;
vs babies;
starving baby;

BEIJING, CHINA 21/10
SOT Kathy Zellwegar, Hong Kong director of international cooperation for the Catholic relief agency Caritas (in English) saying that because of the harvest and international contributions, the previous critical situation has eased, but malnutrition and starvation still existed and the country could very easily lapse into a very diffiicult situation;

NORTH KOREA RECENT
Vs medical staff with babies;
cu baby in crib;
cu coughing baby;
woman with babies;

BEIJING 21/10
SOT Zellwegar, saying winter is approaching, but there is hardly any heating material ... children in nurseries and kindergartens are already coughing and have runny noses, but the real cold won't be until December.

NORTH KOREA RECENT
Medical staff;
cus babies;
mother and baby;
cu starving child;

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