Severe Malnutrition Showing in North Korea

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Jean Lee, bureau chief in Seoul for the Associated Press, has traveled frequently to North Korea and this year was granted unusual access. She tells anchor Lisa Mulins that severe malnutrition seems to be on the rise in poorer, more remote parts of North Korea.

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