famine
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By helping the body store energy efficiently, it could have supported survival during periods of famine or food shortages.
From Science Daily • May 11, 2026
"There is no famine, everything is available. Cafes are open, and we still go out... There is gasoline, water, and electricity. But there is a sense of helplessness in all of us," the 40-year-old said.
From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026
Numbers were once even greater - after a devastating famine in the mid-1990s triggered what rights groups described as a silent exodus over a more porous border with China.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
The world’s population grew, but famine on the scale that Ehrlich predicted never materialized.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
Thieving peaked during the 1990s famine, when gangs of homeless youngsters—many of them orphans—began to congregate around train stations in cities like Gilju, Hamhung, and Chongjin.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
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