Re: North Korean Famines

peterwezeman@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

Is it known what specifically caused the recent famines in North Korea?
The Soviet Union had several bad harvests in its last decades, but
their system was sufficiently robust to keep it from developing into a
famine.

Grain shipments from the west also helped. If things got real bad the Russians could have roasted Chechnayans to keep body and soul together.

Bob Kolker

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