Hunger in North Korea: Let them eat maize husks | The Economist - 4 views
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exaggerating its troubles for political gain
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North Korea’s food needs has long been a politicised business
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This article demonstrates the scarcity facing the food supply of people in North Korea. Although we would normally expect food scarcity because of, for example, a natural disaster, the food scarcity experienced by the people in North Korea is not only because of a lack of food being made... It is scarce because the government is preventing the supply of food from getting to the people, creating a greater demand than supply. Food is a limited resource, but the problem of scarcity in this part of the world is because of political reasons in addition to natural.
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It's really disturbing to read this. When we're working towards satisfying as many wants as we have, some people don't even get what they need.