There absolutely is hunger in the DPRK, it just isn’t famine level and it’s not from state neglect (the state makes every effort to feed people). It’s just a very poor country, made much worse by what the world in general and the US in particular have inflicted on it.
I think they had homelessness issues that were similar to the ones China had, having to do with limitations in the registry used to alot housing, but that’s old information and they might have fixed it.
Sorry if you are finding some answers aggressive, please understand that a lot of people who wander in here argue in bad faith
But from what I can tell you are genuinely interested in learning
As for famines, there hasn’t been one in the DPRK since the 90’s which was due to weather and not being able to replace destroyed crops with food imports because they had lost their largest trading partner during the collapse of the USSR
I’d also point out the hypocrisy in that much of the ‘north korea no food’ propaganda is produced by the US, a country were people are currently starving and not because there is a lack of food due to famine, but rather food is being intentionally withheld from the people by the regime, a policy more ‘evil’ than any enacted by the DPRK
So even those here who my not be full supporters of the DPRK state can acknowledge the double standards and hypocrisy that when any mention of North Korea is brought up people immediately jump to thought-terminating ‘1984 authoritarian’ clichés, yet when stuff about the US is brought up unrelated to its politics you don’t often get a mass of people pointing out the authoritarian nature and crimes of the US state that are worse than anything done by the DPRK e.g. Higher % of their population imprisoned than any other country, forced labour in said prisons, arming and supporting the perpetrators of a genocide
People are aggressive but I checked the things they are saying and so far most of them are correct. At least I am seeing a different side of the story.
since the 90’s when they a large trading partner during the collapse of the USSR
Got it.
but rather food is being intentionally withheld from them by the regime
I have read about this. And I know there is starvation in my own country even when food (at least grain) sits in warehouses. We have to do better.
No lol what. Are you permanently stuck in the 90s? The arduous march ended more than 2 decades ago.
This garbage is the equivalent of saying “tinyman square” in 2025, it’s clear that you have made zero effort to educate yourself on the country and are letting your chauvinism do the speaking for you.
They are talking about Tiananmen Square. As others have said, I’m sorry that some users are being assholes. There are active efforts from some of the user base to reform this behavior but it hasn’t happened overnight.
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There’s no homelessness or hunger in the DPRK. There’s universal education. What more do you expect them to achieve under their current circumstances?
There absolutely is hunger in the DPRK, it just isn’t famine level and it’s not from state neglect (the state makes every effort to feed people). It’s just a very poor country, made much worse by what the world in general and the US in particular have inflicted on it.
I think they had homelessness issues that were similar to the ones China had, having to do with limitations in the registry used to alot housing, but that’s old information and they might have fixed it.
Don’t they have people dying in famines?
Sorry if you are finding some answers aggressive, please understand that a lot of people who wander in here argue in bad faith
But from what I can tell you are genuinely interested in learning
As for famines, there hasn’t been one in the DPRK since the 90’s which was due to weather and not being able to replace destroyed crops with food imports because they had lost their largest trading partner during the collapse of the USSR
I’d also point out the hypocrisy in that much of the ‘north korea no food’ propaganda is produced by the US, a country were people are currently starving and not because there is a lack of food due to famine, but rather food is being intentionally withheld from the people by the regime, a policy more ‘evil’ than any enacted by the DPRK
So even those here who my not be full supporters of the DPRK state can acknowledge the double standards and hypocrisy that when any mention of North Korea is brought up people immediately jump to thought-terminating ‘1984 authoritarian’ clichés, yet when stuff about the US is brought up unrelated to its politics you don’t often get a mass of people pointing out the authoritarian nature and crimes of the US state that are worse than anything done by the DPRK e.g. Higher % of their population imprisoned than any other country, forced labour in said prisons, arming and supporting the perpetrators of a genocide
People are aggressive but I checked the things they are saying and so far most of them are correct. At least I am seeing a different side of the story.
Got it.
I have read about this. And I know there is starvation in my own country even when food (at least grain) sits in warehouses. We have to do better.
No lol what. Are you permanently stuck in the 90s? The arduous march ended more than 2 decades ago.
This garbage is the equivalent of saying “tinyman square” in 2025, it’s clear that you have made zero effort to educate yourself on the country and are letting your chauvinism do the speaking for you.
I am reading about NK now. What is tinyman square?
They are talking about Tiananmen Square. As others have said, I’m sorry that some users are being assholes. There are active efforts from some of the user base to reform this behavior but it hasn’t happened overnight.
Tiennanman Square, said mockingly.