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Missiles fly; Citizens starve

Since January 2017, North Korea has already launched 11 missiles this year.  Most of the news about North Korea these days focuses almost exclusively on those missiles.  World media seem to forget about the majority of the people in North Korea, those who still suffer dire food shortages.

By mid-July 2017, North Korea had begun connecting high voltage power lines to the barbed wire fencing that runs along the Tumen and Yalu River. This is a move to further tighten their crackdown on people trying to escape into China.

For decades now, the entire nation of North Korea has been a huge prison.

Below are three news articles reminding us that in North Korea, people are suffering. Even the soldiers face long-term malnutrition and many people are shipped abroad to work as slaves, where they earn foreign currency, which is sent back to the regime.

Electrified fence – Asia Press

North Koreans working as slaves – Radio Free Asia

Soldiers suffering malnutrition – Asia Press