South Korea (대한민국, 大韓民國, Daehan Minguk) helps the North (조선민주주의인민공화국, 朝鮮民主主義人民共和國, Chosŏn Minjujuŭi Inmin Konghwaguk) with 100,000 tons of rice after heavy floods in the North.
North Korea is one of the big mysteries in the world. What are they after? Even though even people at minister level and high party officials probably have very little contact with the rest of the world, they must realise that they are on the wrong track. Just one photo of any street in the South which actually has cars, instead of the vast emptiness you see in the North, should convince anyone that something is wrong. Or do they have some secret source of joy, we do not know of or do not appreciate?
More likely, it is a case of a locked situation. For some (to us unknown) reason, they cannot find any way to back out of their current system. Someone wants to save his (or his party's? or his family's? or his ancestor's?) face, and has found no way of keeping up appearance if the system would change.
Is the North Korean government evil? No. The only true definition of "evil" is "devil worshipper", and that they are not. However, they could be something much worse than evil: stupid.
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