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Earlier this month, North Koreans attended the 11th National Cooking Competition, coinciding with the anniversary of late leader Kim Jong Il’s birth. In halls in the capital Pyongyang they could marvel at artfully prepared dishes of delicious local cuisine. They could be forgiven if their stomachs rumbled. Because while the government of Kim Jong-un has been busy firing missiles in an attempt to show off its military prowess to the US and South Korea, a slow motion disaster is unfolding in the country of 26 million. A series of floods and typhoons, drought, a stunted economy, Covid border closures and...
