GETTING WATER FROM A STONE: NK FOOD RATIONING
by Richardson ~ August 30th, 2005. Filed under: Hunger & Famine, North Korea.From the Donga Ilbo:
According to informants, the North regime sent a ministerial order through the phone lines on August 19 calling for normalizing the operation of its nationwide distributing system from October 1… It is said that even human resources in charge of local rationing offices are insufficient almost 10 years after the system’s collapse.
That such an order would be given is completely believable; that the order can be carried out is not. Even if North Korea had the food resources (doubtful), they do not have the infrastructure or fuel to deliver, which is part of the reason the entire food rationing and distribution system collapsed in the mid 90s.
