North Korea certainly deserves its title of the Hermit Kingdom of East Asia. Even today, for many that country remains a riddle wrapped up in an enigma. Does North Korea really have no COVID-19 cases? Has Kim Jong-un really executed people with a flamethrower? Is everyone there forced to get a Kim Jong-un haircut? As a North Korea watcher, in this podcast I do my best to provide short but detailed responses to these and other most common questions about this country. The podcast is powered by Anchor. For more details visit - askmeaboutdprk.wordpress.com
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episode 3: Episode 3 — Why is North Korea so poor?
North Korea, unlike its Southern neighbor, is not particularly well-known for occupying first lines in various life quality indexes or demonstrating rapid paces of economic development. According to different estimates, the South is 30 to 50 times richer than the North. How come is that two parts of what used to be one country less than a century ago are now so different? Why is North Korea so poor and how did it come to that? I will talk about that in today’s episode. For the full transcript and references visit the website - https://askmeaboutdprk.wordpress.com