Mick Hartley

From South Korea's Chosun Ilbo:

The food shortage in parts of North Korea is so severe that people are starving to death, the Unification Ministry said Monday.

"We believe some parts of the North are suffering from such a severe food shortage that people are dying of starvation," ministry spokesman Koo Byoung-sam told reporters.

The protracted coronavirus lockdown made things even more difficult for the country, which has chronically suffered from malnutrition and famine. Last fall the regime started regulating food distribution centrally, which may, if anything, have exacerbated the situation.

The Kim family are as chubby as ever…so that's alright. And all those rockets!