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| The Encyclopedia of World History. 2001. |
| 1998, Aug. 23 | |
| Approximately 2.3 million people died in North Korea due to massive famine in the previous three years; international aid agencies warned that North Korea's system for national food distribution had virtually shut down. Only 10 percent of North Korea's rice fields were cultivated in 1998. | 1 |
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| North Korea launched an experimental missile over Japan, later claiming that it was simply a scientific satellite. Following the launch international concern was expressed about possible North Korean intentions to reenter the nuclear arms race. | 2 |
| The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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