About the Author
Won-Gi Jung
Won-Gi Jung is a reporter based in Seoul. He previously worked for the CSIS Korea Chair and East Asia Institute. Follow him on Twitter: @jungwongida.
More than 300,000 North Korean children under the age of five suffer from stunted growth due to chronic malnutrition, according to a new multiagency report released on Tuesday — a crisis that may be worsening due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In that age group, roughly 18% of children suffered from “stunting” (or impaired growth) in 2020, according to estimates from UNICEF, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Bank.