North Korea tells citizens to prepare for famine

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North Korea instructed the country Monday to brace itself for possible famine and severe economic hardship — but not to despair, because “the road to revolution is long and arduous,” according to an editorial in the state-run newspaper.

The article, published in Rodong Sinmun — the print mouthpiece of the North Korean government — comes less than a month after the U.N. Security Council voted in favor of slapping the Hermit Kingdom with tougher sanctions, after the country teased its potential nuclear and military capabilities earlier this year. The editorial stated that hardships to come might evoke another “arduous march” — the term assigned to the famine that struck the country in the mid-1990s, killing as many as 3 million people, reports the Telegraph, a British newspaper.

“We may have to go on an arduous march, during which we will have to chew the roots of plants once again,” the editorial piece read.

Rodong Sinmun called for a “70-day campaign of loyalty” and reportedly demanded that the North Korean people demonstrate their allegiance to Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un. To that end, the country is requiring all residents of Pyongyang, North Korea’s capital city, to deliver about 2 lb. of rice to state warehouses each month.

Source: http://time.com/4274666/arduous-march-north-korea-famine/?xid=fbshare

 

[RAMROD 117,125]

Horrible, I feel bad for the civilians.

They went through a lot and seems not gonna see an end to it just yet.

[Diamond Heart 4,400]

Ive read quite a bit on North Korea and it truly fascinates/disturbs me tbh. 

im pretty sure the famine in the 90s was completely avoidable too  I find it so sad that the people literally cant do anything without fear. Praying for the citizens tbh.

[AddMeOnMYSPACE 2,097]

Someone needs to pull a revolution at that place  they don't deserve this. 

[Luiz 4,253]

nobody wants to clean up north koreas mess. should have invaded them a while ago but we'll just shrug our shoulders at this 

[weed 78,964]

This is insane

like 1200AD practices

[Born To Slay 10,996]

1 hour ago, Luiz said:

nobody wants to clean up north koreas mess. should have invaded them a while ago but we'll just shrug our shoulders at this 

I think the problem is China's support of NK scares other nations.

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9 minutes ago, Born To Slay said:

I think the problem is China's support of NK scares other nations.

That's an understatement lol

One of the main reasons China doesn't want to interfere with NK is that the flood of unqualified and desperate workers fleeing a NK mess would prove a little too much for China to handle.

 

[Born To Slay 10,996]

13 minutes ago, LebaneseDude said:

That's an understatement lol

One of the main reasons China doesn't want to interfere with NK is that the flood of unqualified and desperate workers fleeing a NK mess would prove a little too much for China to handle.

 

A country with well over a billion people and fastest growing ecodomies on earth can't take some people from a tiny nation with 24m people. Assholes.

[Sister 9,907]

Very scary stuff, tragic.

[LebaneseDude 6,146]

34 minutes ago, Born To Slay said:

A country with well over a billion people and fastest growing ecodomies on earth can't take some people from a tiny nation with 24m people. Assholes.

*shrug*

I think it's more that most North Koreans would migrate to nearby Manchuria which is pretty much an economically starved region. They'd rather not have the headache. 

Oh and by the way I don't agree with this at all. I'm just reiterating what I've read from several sources.

[Luiz 4,253]

3 hours ago, Born To Slay said:

I think the problem is China's support of NK scares other nations.

well i've always heard it was that china wanted a buffer state between them and a western allied country like south korea. i've also heard that south korea doesnt want unification because it would hurt their thriving economy to rebuild north korea. 

its so sad but NK is just a huge mess to clean up and nobody wants the job  

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2 minutes ago, Luiz said:

well i've always heard it was that china wanted a buffer state between them and a western allied country like south korea. i've also heard that south korea doesnt want unification because it would hurt their thriving economy to rebuild north korea. 

This is the narrative that I've also heard quite a bit  

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5 hours ago, AddMeOnMYSPACE said:

Someone needs to pull a revolution at that place  they don't deserve this. 

That's the thing, most of the population are so isolated, and fed NK propaganda that the idea of a revolution isn't even crossing their minds. They think they have it good. I can't wait for China to finally end their support and begin to impose much much harsher sanctions. They've so far distanced their relations, and with NK on the offense to china, we are getting closer to a resolve. (But its still years and decades away)

[Economy 52,861]

Why do Countries that are drowning in economic sanctions always test the patience of the UN and Nato and OECD and make their lives even more miserable?  

 

Yes im talking to you North Korea and Russia