It was recently reduced from 4' 11" to 4' 2" what is it?

sandy57 --

". . . [T]he North Koreans have lowered their height
requirements for adult male military conscripts from 4 feet, 11 inches
to 4 feet, 2 inches because of widespread stunted growth in the
population."
Globalsecurity.org:Senator Sam Brownback Decries Pyongyang's Brutality
to Its People (about halfway down the page)
http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/dprk/2002/dprk-021203-usia02.htm


Search Strategy:

Several Google searches using as search terms various ways of
expressing the sizes you cited.  The successful one was this:

"4 feet 11 inches to 4 feet"
://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&q=%22from+4+feet+11+inches+to+4+feet%22%22


I am happy to be able to answer your question so promptly.  I hope you
win the contest!


markj-ga