{"id":64943,"date":"2025-09-18T15:05:56","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T06:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=64943"},"modified":"2026-04-06T14:10:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T05:10:02","slug":"street-children-return-to-north-korea-as-food-prices-soar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/street-children-return-to-north-korea-as-food-prices-soar\/","title":{"rendered":"Street children return to North Korea as food prices soar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">Homeless children are reappearing on North Korean streets as soaring food prices drive desperate families deeper into poverty.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">Children begging and stealing food around markets and train stations have become increasingly common, with people saying there are &#8220;definitely more than before.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">A Daily NK source said recently that authorities had reduced street children through crackdowns and support programs just one or two years ago. But they&#8217;ve returned to the streets in large numbers recently, prompting some to call it &#8220;evidence that people are struggling to survive.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">The children survive by stealing from passersby or eating food scraps around markets and train stations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">The resurgence stems from worsening food shortages as market prices have surged in recent months. Families living day-to-day can no longer cope, the source said. In rural areas, growing numbers of households survive on just a few potatoes daily because they can&#8217;t afford rice or corn.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">&#8220;When guardians die or can&#8217;t make a living, children have no choice but to go to the streets,&#8221; the source said. &#8220;Some start begging around markets or train stations because they can&#8217;t handle hunger while their parents travel far to find food.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"text-xl font-bold text-text-100 mt-1 -mb-0.5\"><strong>Shelters inadequate, children flee<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">Authorities send these children to protection facilities in cities and counties, but the shelters lack adequate food and clothing. Many children repeatedly run away.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">&#8220;The facilities only enforce rules and don&#8217;t provide proper food,&#8221; the source said. &#8220;It&#8217;s better for children to wander around and find food where they can, so they escape.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">Government responses to the problem are largely ineffective. Central authorities order crackdowns, but local officials lack resources to implement them and only go through the motions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">Addressing the root cause \u2014 food shortages \u2014 appears unlikely. Grain stores don&#8217;t have abundant supplies, and social programs that provide free food to poor residents barely exist.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">&#8220;People say the government should guarantee stable economic activities and give land to farm workers so they can farm independently, but that&#8217;s hard to achieve,&#8221; the source said. &#8220;Because the government only controls and cracks down, residents face survival threats and children are forced back onto the streets.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">Daily NK <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/malnutrition-spreads-across-north-korea-food-prices-surge-over-50-percent\/\">reported<\/a> Sept. 1 that hunger cases have emerged throughout North Korea in recent months due to soaring food prices.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/20250916-1\/\">Read in Korean<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Homeless children are reappearing on North Korean streets as soaring food prices drive desperate families deeper into poverty. 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