It is not nonsense, DPRK poorness is majorly self-inflicted: - they were actually economically ahead of South Korea after war, despite embargoes (granted they

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