Starving North Koreans Dig Up Diseased Chickens

We’ve recently seen the reports that North Korea’s first poultry export shipment to South Korea was halted by a suspected bird flu outbreak. No word on whether the strain is the same one responsible for several deaths in Viet Nam. But if the idea of North Korea exporting food isn’t already insane enough for you, here’s some dramatic irony to emphasize the point:

Yonhap said North Korean authorities had buried the dead chickens but that some residents had dug up the poultry to sell.