| ▲ | epolanski 4 hours ago | |
> hundreds stave to death there daily Yeah, you will need a solid source for that. This isn't the 1990s, while malnutrition may happen, and there have been occasional shortages (covid was one example), it's unlikely people are starving to death in 2026, let alone multiple, let alone per day. On top of that: North Korea is not that isolated as people think. North Koreans have smartphones and plenty of those living near the chinese border have chinese sim cards. Ever wondered why defectors say they regularly phone their family? Because virtually every north korean knows somebody with a chinese phone. Of course flow of information outside is still tightly controlled and such, but there's zero direct evidence for starvation happening. | ||
| ▲ | ck2 4 hours ago | parent [-] | |
what a weird argument just to argue you really have to ignore international news for years to argue starvation in North Korea isn't real keep BBC News on in the background each morning and you'll learn stuff never mentioned anywhere on US news https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-65881803 https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/04/12/north-koreas-leader-warn... it's been going on for decades and yes even though 2026 | ||