The extra pair of chopstics are communal, for picking up pieces of food and moving them to own your bowl/plate. The PRC (no idea about the DPRK) was campaignin

The extra pair of chopstics are communal, for picking up pieces of food and moving them to own your bowl/plate. The PRC (no idea about the DPRK) was campaigning for the use of these pretty heavily around that time period as they're more sanitary and a lot of Chinese meals are taken "family style". At least try to comprehend the problem before coming up with a hackish solution.