tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2680392773660764727.post2675073791615237838..comments2023-05-11T03:46:18.802-07:00Comments on From Provo to Paektu: North Korean Money...Kirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07842044872387705911noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2680392773660764727.post-12027920006496556542009-06-03T08:22:57.113-07:002009-06-03T08:22:57.113-07:00That is an interesting article. I, too, had come t...That is an interesting article. I, too, had come to think of North Korea as an impoverished nation, hopefully in the dusk of its existence. So, assuming that they are making more money than we think/thought, why is it that we (America) and other nations continue to send aid? Perhaps we have discontinued that practice--I am not sure. If we still are, however, are we supposed to be picking up the slack of the "Dear Leader" by feeding his people when he ought to be? I wonder how exactly he explained the incoming-aid to his people, when their "Joo-chae" ideology is centered on, amongst a few other things, self-sufficiency?Daniel Ingoldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12381878993515342113noreply@blogger.com