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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Sat Mar 4, 2023, 02:34 PM Mar 2023

North Korea's food shortage is about to take a deadly turn for the worse, experts say

Concerns about North Korea’s chronic food shortages are growing, with multiple sources suggesting this week that deaths due to starvation are likely.

Some experts say the country has hit its worst point since a 1990s famine known as the “Arduous March” caused mass starvation and killed hundreds of thousands of people, or an estimated 3-5% of what was then a 20 million-strong population.

Trade data, satellite images and assessments by the United Nations and South Korean authorities all suggest the food supply has now “dipped below the amount needed to satisfy minimum human needs,” according to Lucas Rengifo-Keller, a research analyst at the Peterson Institute for International Economics.

Even if food was distributed equally – something close to inconceivable in North Korea where the elite and military take priority – Rengifo-Keller said “you would have hunger-related deaths.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/north-korea-s-food-shortage-is-about-to-take-a-deadly-turn-for-the-worse-experts-say/ar-AA18cm3y

So long as the Great Leader doesn't go hungry.

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North Korea's food shortage is about to take a deadly turn for the worse, experts say (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2023 OP
Nuclear weapons outweigh North Koreans.......................... Lovie777 Mar 2023 #1

Lovie777

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1. Nuclear weapons outweigh North Koreans..........................
Sat Mar 4, 2023, 02:39 PM
Mar 2023

expect for his family and close minions and loyal military.

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