Antinuclear

North Korea’s rhetoric a cover for grim conditions domestically?

Never mind nuclear war, says North Korean defector Joo-il Kim, the reality of famine is bad enough,The Independent, Rob Hastings, 14 April 13,    Joo-il Kim believes the rhetoric is just a distraction“……Starvation and hunger is a topic he returns to several times, and with good reason. The death of his four-year-old niece from malnutrition, after he had already seen many others dying in an economy wrecked by the regime’s agricultural policies, convinced him to defect. The world might be concerned by the threat of nuclear war, but Mr Kim believes the dictatorship is using this to distract the international community and its own people from the problems they face……http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/never-mind-nuclear-war-says-north-korean-defector-jooil-kim-the-reality-of-famine-is-bad-enough-8572552.html

April 16, 2013 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized