Inside North Korea

From the invaluable Daily NK come two new reports. One is an account of flood damage from South Pyongan, and it sounds like it’s severe enough that it won’t be repaired anytime soon. They even have pictures, which shows impressive progress in the penetration of the Daily NK’s tentacles into the North Korean interior.

According to another report, the North Korean authorities are punishing ordinary citizens for eating foreign food aid. Apparently, it’s considered property of the state. Read it in the context of this report, where a guerrilla camera catches the military expropriating aid that South Korea claims was given to the hungry. Yes, I believe in feeding the North Korean people, but I don’t believe in giving food to the regime to use as a weapon.