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WASHINGTON — The United States said Tuesday that North Korea has rejected American food aid shipments, another sign of mounting tension as Pyongyang plans a rocket launch that Washington sees as a long-range missile test.
State Department spokesman Robert Wood said the North gave no reason for rejecting U.S. food shipments.
North Korea faces chronic food shortages and has relied on outside aid to help feed its 23 million people since famine reportedly killed as many as 2 million in the 1990s, a result of natural disasters and mismanagement.
