Korea, Dem People's Rep of

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This book addresses the issues raised by cross-border migration following crisis of economic collapse, food shortage, and natural calamities in Northeast Asian countries (including flooding and droughts in the 1990s in North Korea), and assesses how

The year 2008 has seen significant global humanitarian challenges ranging from devastating natural disasters, escalating food and oil prices to worsening conflict situations. In recent decades, the number and severity of natural disasters has increased

This map illustrates the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's exposure to seismic, volcanic and tropical storm hazard.

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