Steve Coll reflects on the North Korean famine:
Andrew Natsios, who worked for a charity that responded to the crisis and who then researched the famine and wrote a book about it, cites “many sources” who described North Korean families that chose to expel older members so the young would have more to eat, as well as “anecdotal reports” of grandparents who voluntarily starved themselves to death for the sake of their descendants.
More on the famine here.
The Dish 