North Korean cannibalism fears amid claims starving people 'eat children and corpses'

[Marik]

Thanks to botanyaki for the info.

The reports come as sanctions against the country are tightened against the backdrop of angry rhetoric over missile testing

Reports from inside the secretive famine-hit pariah state, North Korea, claim a man has been executed after murdering his two children for food.

Shocking reports claim North Koreans are turning to cannibalism with reports including details of one man who dug up his grandchild's corpse to eat and another who boiled his child and ate the flesh.

Details of the incidents were reported by the Asia Press, and published in the Sunday Times.

They claim a 'hidden famine' in the farming provinces of North and South Hwanghae has killed 10,000 people are there are fears that cannibalism is spreading throughout the country.

The reports come as sanctions against the country are tightened against the backdrop of angry rhetoric over missile testing.

The litany of horrors were documented by Asia Press, a specialist news agency based in Osaka, Japan, which claims to have recruited a network of "citizen journalists" inside North Korea.

The reports are considered credible.

Interviews have led Asia Press to conclude that probably more than 10,000 people have died in North and South Hwanghae provinces, south of Pyongyang, the capital.

North Korea has not confirmed or denied any reports of the deaths.

One informant, based in South Hwanghae, said: "In my village in May, a man who killed his own two children and tried to eat them was executed by a firing squad.

"While his wife was away on business he killed his eldest daughter and, because his son saw what he had done, he killed his son as well. When the wife came home, he offered her food, saying: 'We have meat.'

"But his wife, suspicious, notified the Ministry of Public Security, which led to the discovery of part of their children's bodies under the eaves."

Jiro Ishimaru, from Asia Press said: 'Particularly shocking were the numerous testimonies that hit us about cannibalism.'

Another of the citizen journalists, Gu Gwang-ho, said: "There was an incident when a man was arrested for digging up the grave of his grandchild and eating the remains."

A middle ranking official of the ruling Korean Workers Party said: "In a village in Chongdan county, a man who went mad with hunger boiled his own child, ate his flesh and was arrested"

A new UN agreement, passed on Tuesday, extended sanctions already imposed on North Korea after it held nuclear tests in 2006 and 2009.

The current rise in tensions and extension of sanctions follows Pyonyang's defiant decision to push ahead with a long-range rocket launch on December 12 - insisting it was a peaceful mission to place a satellite in orbit.

Despite the insistence of the regime that the test was peaceful the rest of the world saw it as a banned ballistic missile test.

The United States, supported by Japan and South Korea, spearheaded the new UN resolution.

This week North Korea once again raised the level of rhetoric over sanctions, threatening war with its neighbours in the south saying: "If the South Korean puppet regime of traitors directly participates in the so-called UN 'sanctions', strong physical countermeasures would be taken," the North's Committee for Peaceful Reunification of Fatherland said.

Source: The Independent

[rach]

:huh: what's wrong with North Korea? sounds brutal :fear:

thanks God that's not in my country, but still pray for them.

[vin3e]

"The reports are considered credible."

I stopped reading at this part. Seems like propaganda mainly because the Iraq was had "credible" sources cited too.

I'm most probably wrong and the North Koreans do actually resort to cannibalism but really, that is not an outsiders problem but of the North Koreans. Much like all the wars with biased information, I think the above article is not an accurate depiction of the current state of affairs.

[Nautilus]

FFS! That's horrible.

[wdm]

propaganda ofc

Libya and Egypt

and American democracy

come on people

[majithia23]

Although i despise from accepting the news , but i guess it "could" be true ! :mellow:

The state of affairs is not good in N.Korea , esp for the civilians .

I have read enough articles and seen good many documentaries , and some from free lance writers and editors for whose content the authenticity can be vouched as not being biased by some political or corporate motives .

So yes the state of affairs is bad .

[DKT27]

This week North Korea once again raised the level of rhetoric over sanctions, threatening war with its neighbours in the south saying: "If the South Korean puppet regime of traitors directly participates in the so-called UN 'sanctions', strong physical countermeasures would be taken," the North's Committee for Peaceful Reunification of Fatherland said.

What does South Korea have?

Democracy.

Worldwide recognition.

Art (note: it's K-Pop groups).

Technology (note: Samsung and LG are SK based companies).

Better economy.

Etc... (add anything you want here).

What does North Korea have?

Shitty communism.

Poverty.

Nuclear weapons that are useless to both the public and the leaders.

Incorrect education (note: they are taught the leaders are their gods and stuff).

They have no access to internet whatsoever, major tech downgrade.

Currently majority of the world hates them.

Sure, call it propaganda. But atleast it gives us some idea what is happening in there.

[Pav0eufs]

"Democracy" that's a funny word...
We know it well in France as in all countries of the world...
We talk about the "Sovereignity of the people", the fact that every citizens can vote for politics who'll promess "Monts et merveilles" but
secretly aim for power...
Elle est bien bonne ta démocratie...
Anyway pointing other countries saying "Our country is better" is kind of well you know sanctimonious, and I don't like it...

[DKT27]

"Democracy" that's a funny word...

We know it well in France as in all countries of the world...

We talk about the "Sovereignity of the people", the fact that every citizens can vote for politics who'll promess "Monts et merveilles" but

secretly aim for power...

Elle est bien bonne ta démocratie...

Anyway pointing other countries saying "Our country is better" is kind of well you know sanctimonious, and I don't like it...

I'm well aware about the downsides of democracy. But just because people have it, they don't value it enough. The conditions in democratic countries a lots and lots better than communism ones. Democracy and communisms are good, but both, execute very poorly, which in the end, leave suffers, but still, what's happening in NK (ignore this particular news), by no means, is something to be proud of.

[Ambrocious]

Every leader of his or her nation is empowered by his people. Letting his people die and turn to canabalism just to stay alive is terrible and it poisens the ranks of power all the way to the top. If every person in my country died, save the President, he would then hold NO power. This is how it works.

[Arion]

Thank you for the introduction of an English news source site. Its really incredible incident.

[CreativeThinking]

Thank you for the introduction of an English news source site. Its really incredible incident.

I think so.

[xpmule]

they need to rise up and Kadafi their leader !

[CreativeThinking]

This week North Korea once again raised the level of rhetoric over sanctions, threatening war with its neighbours in the south saying: "If the South Korean puppet regime of traitors directly participates in the so-called UN 'sanctions', strong physical countermeasures would be taken," the North's Committee for Peaceful Reunification of Fatherland said.

What does South Korea have?

Democracy.

Worldwide recognition.

Art (note: it's K-Pop groups).

Technology (note: Samsung and LG are SK based companies).

Better economy.

Etc... (add anything you want here).

What does North Korea have?

Shitty communism.

Poverty.

Nuclear weapons that are useless to both the public and the leaders.

Incorrect education (note: they are taught the leaders are their gods and stuff).

They have no access to internet whatsoever, major tech downgrade.

Currently majority of the world hates them.

Sure, call it propaganda. But atleast it gives us some idea what is happening in there.

Very good analysis.I like it!