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Re:North Korean Market Prices Suggest Serious Food Shortages by nradov on Saturday June 24, 2023 @01:59PM (#36461029)
Famines are primarily a political problem, not a technological problem. Our technology has improved agricultural productivity and distribution efficiency, but that doesn't matter when men with guns are stealing food from starving people.
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Re:North Korean Market Prices Suggest Serious Food Shortages by fragmede on Saturday June 24, 2023 @09:11PM (#36464271)
is it even that blatant? it's in shipping containers that aren't going to be released to the starving because of this simple concept known as paying for things.
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Re:North Korean Market Prices Suggest Serious Food Shortages by nradov on Sunday June 25, 2023 @11:36AM (#36469316)
It often is that blatant. Even when international donors send free food it often ends up getting seized by government forces or militant groups.
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