Sentence examples for despite its poverty from inspiring English sources

On Thursday, an editorial was published in the party newspaper, Rodong Sinmun, making it clear that despite its poverty, North Korea was preparing to sacrifice ever more in the name of military strength.

It is an impressive universe -- a neighborhood that, despite its poverty, glows with a certain well-being.

Despite its poverty, Cuba trains many doctors.

However, Bangladesh, despite its poverty, is one of the few countries to improve significantly child health.

Opponents of drilling say the community, despite its poverty, lopsidedly favors preserving the forest.

Despite its poverty, Belgrade is an astonishingly stylish place on first impression.

Despite its obvious poverty, it seems fairly law-abiding.

But if India is indeed a risen power, then it has risen despite its terrible poverty — despite lingering inequality and despite widespread deprivation that has left millions in conditions that are almost medieval.

Despite its own poverty, Yemen has faced an influx of migrants fleeing conflict, poverty and drought in the Horn of Africa - mostly Somalis and Ethiopians.

The second is the strength and stability of its government at home.Poland's size and sense of history make it want to be accepted as a "big country" in the EU pecking order, despite its relative poverty.

Despite its desperate poverty, the country is a trove of natural resources: gold, diamonds and a third of the world's reserves of bauxite, the mineral used to produce aluminum.