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Report 3> Widening Gaps
Our country’s TV news often shows a gap between the rich and
the poor in the capitalist countries, lashing out with militant
slogans, and always ends up in defending the superiority of
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Food taken
from the farmer’s village goes to the market by the hands
of Tegori merchants, as I wrote in the previous article. Then
the food goes to retail sellers, before reaching the common
people.
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- Periodic Report
(2011/June/20)
North Korea Food Shortage:
Not a matter of absolute shortage, a matter of distribution
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This 23 year-old homeless woman was found dead in a corn field
in October, 2010. She died of starvation. Reporter Kim Dong-cheol
tells us that “the number of homeless and suicides have greatly
increased” ... ... more
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"At the moment, I’m alone. But maybe my actions will
cause a spark that will lead to change in North Korea..."
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