starvation

A general view of a rice field in North Korea's propaganda village Kaepoong in this picture taken from the top of the Aegibong Peak Observatory, south of the demilitarised zone (DMZ), separating the two Koreas in Gimpo, South Korea, October 5, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo

World+Biz

UN expert calls for N.Korea sanctions to be eased as starvation risk looms

North Korea does not recognise Ojea Quintana's mandate or cooperate with him and its mission in Geneva did not immediately respond to a request for comment

We must do more. Photographer: Adek Berry/AFP/Getty Images/Bloomberg

Analysis

Starvation is as much a threat to Afghan women as the Taliban

Demonstrators hold placards with pictures of Aung San Suu Kyi as they protest against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar, February 22, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer

South Asia

UN rights envoy warns of risk of starvation in Myanmar's Kayah State

FILE PHOTO: A malnourished girl lies on a bed at the malnutrition treatment ward of al-Sabeen hospital in Sanaa, Yemen October 27, 2020. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah/File Photo

World+Biz

At least 400,000 Yemeni children under 5 could die of starvation this year: UN agencies

Thoughts

They feast on the poor’s rice!

RMG

RMG workers at risk of starvation

Guards remained vigilant to stop anyone from entering Motaharer slum in the capital's Sher-e-Bangla Nagar area on early April. The slum was put under lockdown after a resident there tested positive for Covid-19. File Photo: Saikat Bhadra/TBS

Covid-19 in Bangladesh