{"id":12708,"date":"2012-03-28T04:03:13","date_gmt":"2012-03-28T04:03:13","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-03-28T04:03:13","modified_gmt":"2012-03-28T04:03:13","slug":"US-suspends-food-aid-to-N-Korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=12708","title":{"rendered":"US suspends food aid to N. Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The United States has suspended food aid to North Korea because Pyongyang violated a deal to refrain from missile launches and cannot be trusted to deliver the assistance to those who need it, a Pentagon official said Wednesday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A planned rocket launch next month by North Korea &#8220;reflects their lack of desire to follow through on their international commitments, and so we&#8217;ve been forced to suspend our activities to provide nutritional assistance to North Korea,&#8221; Peter Lavoy, acting assistant secretary of defense for Asian and Pacific affairs, told lawmakers.<\/p>\n<p>In light of North Korea&#8217;s actions, the United States had &#8220;no confidence&#8221; that it was possible to &#8220;to ensure that the food assistance goes to the starving people and not the regime elite,&#8221; Lavoy said before the House Armed Services Committee.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Under a deal reached last month, North Korea agreed to a 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