North Korea renders armistice null and void,cuts S.K Hotline

[Transnapastain]

Why are you asking in this thread?

We're discussing the North Korean famine, and the aftermath as compared to similar rates in other developing nations?

Ah, I admit to not really keeping up with the thread, and my brief glance didn't show that to me, fair enough, apologies, carry on.

[The Emerald Dawn]

I don't wanna sound retarded, but what it exactly is the requirement to be defined as childhood growth stinted?

Growth stunting is identified by comparing measurements of children's heights to the NCHS growth reference population: children who fall below the fifth percentile of the reference population in height for age are defined as stunted, regardless of the reason. As an indicator of nutritional status, comparisons of children's measurements with growth reference curves may be used differently for populations of children than for individual children. The fact that an individual child falls below the fifth percentile for height for age on a growth reference curve may reflect normal variation in growth within a population: the individual child may be short simply because both his parents carried genes for shortness and not because of inadequate nutrition. However, if substantially more than 5% of an identified child population have height for age that is less than the fifth percentile on the reference curve, then the population is said to have a higher-than-expected prevalence of stunting, and malnutrition is generally the first cause considered.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stunted_growth

[Novraslavia]

We're discussing the North Korean famine, and the aftermath as compared to similar rates in other developing nations?

Ah, I admit to not really keeping up with the thread, and my brief glance didn't show that to me, fair enough, apologies, carry on.

Why do you linger so?

[The Joseon Dynasty]

I don't wanna sound retarded, but what it exactly is the requirement to be defined as childhood growth stinted?

According to UNICEF, which hosted the North Korean survey, stunting is defined as:
"Moderate and severe [malnutrition] - below minus two standard deviations from median height for age of reference population."

The survey conducted in North Korea used the WHO 2006 growth standards as the reference, and had a sample size sufficient for fairly restricted 95% confidence intervals.

[Transnapastain]

Ah, I admit to not really keeping up with the thread, and my brief glance didn't show that to me, fair enough, apologies, carry on.

Why do you linger so?

Well, 2 reasons

1) the moderator one, this thread has been seen two longish bans handed out. IT as a source of trouble and therefore bears watching
2) The more prominent reason, its in my posts and when I see a new post n it, habitually, I check it, as I do almost everything else in my post history.

Does it bother you? Do I make you nervous? Afraid? Are you doing something wrong? You have nothing to fear if you're innocent! SHOW ME YOUR PAPERS! Come with me to the station!

[Nightkill the Emperor]

Why do you linger so?

Well, 2 reasons

1) the moderator one, this thread has been seen two longish bans handed out. IT as a source of trouble and therefore bears watching
2) The more prominent reason, its in my posts and when I see a new post n it, habitually, I check it, as I do almost everything else in my post history.

Does it bother you? Do I make you nervous? Afraid? Are you doing something wrong? You have nothing to fear if you're innocent! SHOW ME YOUR PAPERS! Come with me to the station!

Koreans and Mexicans are different, Nap.

First of all, in a Korean thread we end up marrying you for a green card.

[United Kingdom of Muffins]

Why are you asking in this thread?

Because Joseon just gave us statistics on stunted growth from malnutrition in NK.

I don't know how we can compare the statistics he gave us if he didn't give us the definition used by the data collection groups. I.E. NK child growth stinted is 1 inch in India its 4 inches of undergrowth or something.

[The Joseon Dynasty]

Because Joseon just gave us statistics on stunted growth from malnutrition in NK.

I don't know how we can compare the statistics he gave us if he didn't give us the definition used by the data collection groups. I.E. NK child growth stinted is 1 inch in India its 4 inches of undergrowth or something.

I gave you the definition above. UNICEF hosted both surveys, which is why I selected them, so the definition is consistent across both data sets.

[Novraslavia]

Why do you linger so?

Well, 2 reasons

1) the moderator one, this thread has been seen two longish bans handed out. IT as a source of trouble and therefore bears watching
2) The more prominent reason, its in my posts and when I see a new post n it, habitually, I check it, as I do almost everything else in my post history.

Does it bother you? Do I make you nervous? Afraid? Are you doing something wrong? You have nothing to fear if you're innocent! SHOW ME YOUR PAPERS! Come with me to the station!

:-(

[United Kingdom of Muffins]

I don't know how we can compare the statistics he gave us if he didn't give us the definition used by the data collection groups. I.E. NK child growth stinted is 1 inch in India its 4 inches of undergrowth or something.

I gave you the definition above. UNICEF hosted both surveys, which is why I selected them, so the definition is consistent across both data sets.

Thanks you didn't post that when I started typing it though you guys post to fast

[Gauthier]

Does it bother you? Do I make you nervous? Afraid? Are you doing something wrong? You have nothing to fear if you're innocent! SHOW ME YOUR PAPERS! Come with me to the station!

Hey, when did NSG become part of Arizona?

[The Joseon Dynasty]

I gave you the definition above. UNICEF hosted both surveys, which is why I selected them, so the definition is consistent across both data sets.

Thanks you didn't post that when I started typing it though you guys post to fast

Ah, no worries!

[Novraslavia]

Does it bother you? Do I make you nervous? Afraid? Are you doing something wrong? You have nothing to fear if you're innocent! SHOW ME YOUR PAPERS! Come with me to the station!

Hey, when did NSG become part of Arizona?

Hey, that's where I live!

[The Nuclear Fist]

Hey, when did NSG become part of Arizona?

Hey, that's where I live!

I'm sorry to hear that.

[Gauthier]

Hey, when did NSG become part of Arizona?

Hey, that's where I live!

I take it you're brown and paperless?

[Nadkor]

Hey, when did NSG become part of Arizona?

Hey, that's where I live!

Condolences.

[The Corparation]

Hey, when did NSG become part of Arizona?

Hey, that's where I live!

Well no wonder he stopped you.

[Novraslavia]

My god. You guys just made me feel terrible.

[Zweite Alaje]

In all honesty, I hope NK is serious this time. It'll give SK the perfect excuse for Korean unification finally.

[Greto]

In all honesty, I hope NK is serious this time. It'll give SK the perfect excuse for Korean unification finally.

Why would South Korea want the North? It would end up being a gigantic money pit and would take decades to get all that damn propaganda out of their heads. It'd be easier to keep things the way they are and just let North Korea to continue it's drunken rambles about unification and world war III.

[The Emerald Dawn]

In all honesty, I hope NK is serious this time. It'll give SK the perfect excuse for Korean unification finally.

Why would South Korea want the North? It would end up being a gigantic money pit and would take decades to get all that damn propaganda out of their heads. It'd be easier to keep things the way they are and just let North Korea to continue it's drunken rambles about unification and world war III.

Because some of us are humane enough to recognize that Stockholm isn't healthy?

[Reggae Magmia]

So NS, what do you believe will happen?

Nothing, just like what happens every flipping time the chihuahua goes on another wave of annoying barks and empty threats against the rottweiler.

[Zweite Alaje]

In all honesty, I hope NK is serious this time. It'll give SK the perfect excuse for Korean unification finally.

Why would South Korea want the North? It would end up being a gigantic money pit and would take decades to get all that damn propaganda out of their heads. It'd be easier to keep things the way they are and just let North Korea to continue it's drunken rambles about unification and world war III.

The deal with NK and SK is the same as it was with West and East Germany, one nation split into two. The Korean nation has been divide for far too long, it is time for the South to reclaim its northern kin. To be honest I feel the same way about China and Taiwan, the RoC needs to go.

[Norcroft]

/N. Korea

[The Tiger Kingdom]

Why would South Korea want the North? It would end up being a gigantic money pit and would take decades to get all that damn propaganda out of their heads. It'd be easier to keep things the way they are and just let North Korea to continue it's drunken rambles about unification and world war III.

The deal with NK and SK is the same as it was with West and East Germany, one nation split into two. The Korean nation has been divide for far too long, it is time for the South to reclaim its northern kin. To be honest I feel the same way about China and Taiwan, the RoC needs to go.

The problem is, though that the East Germans were never as completely cut off from the world and as indoctrinated as the North Koreans have been. The main problem there was financial, not cultural or social (or mental).
To say nothing of the fact that the economic cost of reintegrating North Korea would simply be massive even in relation to the costs West Germany undertook to reintegrate the East.

Most South Koreans don't even seem to want reunification anymore. Can you blame them?