re: #402 EmmmieG

It’s not just a dictatorship, but a hereditary dictatorship.

They’re nothing but a bunch of thugs who want to retain personal power, even as the nation goes to hell all around them. And while I can’t quite tell how tall most of the people in that photo are, but L’il Kim isn’t called that because he’s tall. He’s supposed 5’3”. Most of the country is unusually short because of chronic and persistent malnutrition due to the country’s inability to feed itself.

It relies heavily on international aid to get food into the country (and the North Korean regime makes sure to hide the foreign assistance).

A book I recently read sheds quite a bit of light on the regime and the struggle to just survive. It’s called Nothing to Envy.