These Are The Deadliest Natural Disasters In Modern History

North Korean Famine, 1994-1998

From 1994 to 1998, North Korea was greatly affected by a crippling famine. The famine is also known as the “Arduous March,” in which it is estimated that as many as 3,500,000 died due to starvation or hunger-related illness.

Out of the population of 24 million, 5 million were malnourished including 800,000 children with 80,000 on the verge of starvation. Countries such as the United States, Japan, South Korea and others aided with food assistance until North Korea requested the deliveries to stop in 2002.