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PROFILE - FOOD AID OPTIONNorth Korea is already the one the the world's largest recipients of international food aid, receiving enough to feed 8 million of its 23 million people on the donated food alone. Unfortunately, that food isn't reaching those who need to be fed, who will continue to starve, even to death, no matter how much aid is given. Why won't they receive it? Kim Jong Il has classified the North Korea's population into three thirds - "loyal", "wavering" and "hostile" - and doles out privileges, including the right to eat, according to their perceived loyalty to him. In 1996, Kim declared that he is willing to let the latter two-thirds starve to death and rebuild the country with just the "loyal" third. Instead of being distributed directly by international food aid organizations to the starving, the food aid must be given to the North Korea's government, which then must be trusted to distribute it to the starving, most of whom are in the "wavering" and "hostile" segments. In reality, most of the food aid goes to feed Kim's army and the other members of the "loyal" segment. Even when the food aid is distributed to the other two segments in front of inspectors from the international aid groups, soldiers return and take the food back after the inspectors have left. Kim Jong Il has decided that nuclear weapons will serve him more than the "wavering" or "hostile" people, and to feed just the "loyal" class, leaving the rest to somehow fend for themselves. Given that only 18% of North Korea's land is arable, North Korea has always imported food. What is happening is that when food aid arrives, Kim Jong Il reduces the amount of paid food imports accordingly and spends the extra money on arms. If the food aid plus the domestic production exceeds what he needs to feed the loyal segment, he sells the surplus and makes even more money for his arms programs. So increasing food aid isn't a solution to North Korea either. What then is the solution? At its root, the conflict is spiritual, so the solution will also be spiritual. North Korea will be won not by food or arms, but by the blood of Jesus Christ, to whom be all glory and honor. |