• Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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    The DPRK had mass starvation during the Arduous March, a catastrophe caused by disastrous weather and the dissolution of the Soviet Union, combined with intense sanctions from the US. Decades after the Arduous March, food is relatively secure for everyone, even if it’s difficult to grow up in the northern-Korean climate and geography.