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I find it amusing the author lists several reasons to why the DPRK is poor not mentioning the severe economic sanctions that’s imposed on them over for their nu

I find it amusing the author lists several reasons to why the DPRK is poor not mentioning the severe economic sanctions that’s imposed on them over for their nuclear program! Economic sanctions are designed to make a country poor as a non militaristic method to force them politically towards a decision and the single major reason for that country’s misery! Whether you agree the sanctions are necessary or not is one thing but to mention every cause why the DPRK is poor blaming them without mentioning the embargo is nonsense!

morbicer 2y ago
It is not nonsense, DPRK poorness is majorly self-inflicted: - they were actually economically ahead of South Korea after war, despite embargoes (granted they had USSR back then) - they border with China, absolutely massive economy where you can sell/buy anything. China started embargoing them since 2017, long after the author was stationed there - one example of a major fuckup that ruined them that is almost comical https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_World_Festival_of_Youth_and_Students https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_World_Festival_of_Youth_a... Cuba is in much worse place embargo-wise because they don't border with anyone who can trade with, they are also horribly mismanaged as communist countries are but albeit being poor they are not starving level poor like DPRK