Starvation in north Korea

[Lilith7]

Things must be really bad if these reports are right, poor souls.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/extra/bskbb4r...orth-korea



Neighbours starving.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-65881803

[b]"People in North Korea have told the BBC food is so scarce their neighbours have starved to death.[/b]

Exclusive interviews gathered inside the world's most isolated state suggest the situation is the worst it has been since the 1990s, experts say.
The government sealed its borders in 2020, cutting off vital supplies. It has also tightened control over people's lives, our interviewees say.
Pyongyang told the BBC it has always prioritised its citizens' interests.

order. The world’s most isolated country h

The BBC has secretly interviewed three ordinary people in North Korea, with the help of the organisation Daily NK which operates a network of sources in the country. They told us that since the border closure, they are afraid they will either starve to death or be executed for flouting the rules. It is extremely rare to hear from people living in North Korea.

The interviews reveal a "devastating tragedy is unfolding" in the country, said Sokeel Park from Liberty in North Korea (LiNK), which supports North Korean escapees.

become an information black hole. One woman living in the capital Pyongyang told us she knew a family of three who had starved to death at home. "We knocked on their door to give them water, but nobody answered," Ji Yeon said. When the authorities went inside, they found them dead, she said. Ji Yeon's name has been changed to protect her, along with those of the others we interviewed.

A construction worker who lives near the Chinese border, whom we have called Chan Ho, told us food supplies were so low that five people in his village had already died from starvation.

"At first, I was afraid of dying from Covid, but then I began to worry about starving to death," he said.



North Korea has never been able to produce enough food for its 26 million people. When it shut its border in January 2020, authorities stopped importing grain from China, as well as the fertilisers and machinery needed to grow food.



Meanwhile, they have fortified the border with fences, while reportedly ordering guards to shoot anyone trying to cross. This has made it nearly impossible for people to smuggle in food to sell at the unofficial markets, where most North Koreans shop."

[Kenj]

Things must be really bad if these reports are right, poor souls.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/extra/bskbb4r...orth-korea



Neighbours starving.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-65881803

[b]"People in North Korea have told the BBC food is so scarce their neighbours have starved to death.[/b]

Exclusive interviews gathered inside the world's most isolated state suggest the situation is the worst it has been since the 1990s, experts say.
The government sealed its borders in 2020, cutting off vital supplies. It has also tightened control over people's lives, our interviewees say.
Pyongyang told the BBC it has always prioritised its citizens' interests.

order. The world’s most isolated country h

The BBC has secretly interviewed three ordinary people in North Korea, with the help of the organisation Daily NK which operates a network of sources in the country. They told us that since the border closure, they are afraid they will either starve to death or be executed for flouting the rules. It is extremely rare to hear from people living in North Korea.

The interviews reveal a "devastating tragedy is unfolding" in the country, said Sokeel Park from Liberty in North Korea (LiNK), which supports North Korean escapees.

become an information black hole. One woman living in the capital Pyongyang told us she knew a family of three who had starved to death at home. "We knocked on their door to give them water, but nobody answered," Ji Yeon said. When the authorities went inside, they found them dead, she said. Ji Yeon's name has been changed to protect her, along with those of the others we interviewed.

A construction worker who lives near the Chinese border, whom we have called Chan Ho, told us food supplies were so low that five people in his village had already died from starvation.

"At first, I was afraid of dying from Covid, but then I began to worry about starving to death," he said.



North Korea has never been able to produce enough food for its 26 million people. When it shut its border in January 2020, authorities stopped importing grain from China, as well as the fertilisers and machinery needed to grow food.



Meanwhile, they have fortified the border with fences, while reportedly ordering guards to shoot anyone trying to cross. This has made it nearly impossible for people to smuggle in food to sell at the unofficial markets, where most North Koreans shop."

Kim, a fat turd in a country of people dying of starvation

[R2x1]

Kim hired General Idi's old chef perhaps?

[Lilith7]

Things must be really bad if these reports are right, poor souls.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/extra/bskbb4r...orth-korea



Neighbours starving.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-65881803

[b]"People in North Korea have told the BBC food is so scarce their neighbours have starved to death.[/b]

Exclusive interviews gathered inside the world's most isolated state suggest the situation is the worst it has been since the 1990s, experts say.
The government sealed its borders in 2020, cutting off vital supplies. It has also tightened control over people's lives, our interviewees say.
Pyongyang told the BBC it has always prioritised its citizens' interests.

order. The world’s most isolated country h

The BBC has secretly interviewed three ordinary people in North Korea, with the help of the organisation Daily NK which operates a network of sources in the country. They told us that since the border closure, they are afraid they will either starve to death or be executed for flouting the rules. It is extremely rare to hear from people living in North Korea.

The interviews reveal a "devastating tragedy is unfolding" in the country, said Sokeel Park from Liberty in North Korea (LiNK), which supports North Korean escapees.

become an information black hole. One woman living in the capital Pyongyang told us she knew a family of three who had starved to death at home. "We knocked on their door to give them water, but nobody answered," Ji Yeon said. When the authorities went inside, they found them dead, she said. Ji Yeon's name has been changed to protect her, along with those of the others we interviewed.

A construction worker who lives near the Chinese border, whom we have called Chan Ho, told us food supplies were so low that five people in his village had already died from starvation.

"At first, I was afraid of dying from Covid, but then I began to worry about starving to death," he said.



North Korea has never been able to produce enough food for its 26 million people. When it shut its border in January 2020, authorities stopped importing grain from China, as well as the fertilisers and machinery needed to grow food.



Meanwhile, they have fortified the border with fences, while reportedly ordering guards to shoot anyone trying to cross. This has made it nearly impossible for people to smuggle in food to sell at the unofficial markets, where most North Koreans shop."

Kim, a fat turd in a country of people dying of starvation

 You have to wonder how he sleeps at night.

[Oh_hunnihunni]

Behind big strong walls I should think, because when that population works out that it is either suffer or revolt, all hell will come home to roost...

[nzoomed]

Its sure sad alright, if there is any silver lining, sometimes you have to let things go real bad before it gets better.
Its not sustainable to keep a regime like this running, with no (healthy) population to work and create an economy, means no income for their top dogs either.

[Zurdo]

And he's got all the weaponry in place to stop anyone coming to help.

[Lilith7]

We can definitely be miserable swine's, we humans can't we. But perhaps in his case its due to his parenting or upbringing. I suppose hoping for a sudden enlightenment & massive changes is too much to hope for.

[king1]

a reasonably fun movie that takes the piss out of Mr Kim 

[Oh_hunnihunni]

And he's got all the weaponry in place to stop anyone coming to help.

There are enough people outside his gates to bring about a revolution, if they decide to do it. Not as if it hasn't been done before...

[Lilith7]

And he's got all the weaponry in place to stop anyone coming to help.

There are enough people outside his gates to bring about a revolution, if they decide to do it. Not as if it hasn't been done before...

I expect they could manage to knock up a NK version of  a Guillotine if they got sufficiently pissed off.

[nzoomed]

a reasonably fun movie that takes the piss out of Mr Kim 

Oh right, the one that drove Mr Kim so mad that he ordered a bunch of hackers to attack Sony and make death threats if the film was released?