Detail Deprive and Rule; Food and Stability in North Korea   Oleh:  [s.n] Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 400 no. 8751 (Sep. 2011), page 28. Topik: Politics; Dictators; Food Supply; Shortages Ketersediaan Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: EE29.68 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada     Lihat Detail Induk Isi artikel If nobody else, at least Kim Jong Il, North Korea's leader, appears to have found something to fill his belly with during the annual Chuseok harvest festival in North Korea this week. "His face beaming with a smile," as his propaganda machine put it, he dropped into a shop in Pyongyang selling pancakes stuffed with meat. Outside the capital there are few such treats. Much of the rest of the country is suffering a severe food shortage, say aid agencies. On September 9th the UN's World Food Programme released video images from a trip to the North Korean countryside showing listless orphans, their growth stunted by malnourishment. A cold start to the growing season and summer flooding has badly damaged rice and maize crops. Potato rations have been cut by a third, to two a person each day. Mr Kim's regime, with customary cynicism, has told people to "simplify" their dining habits at Chuseok this year "in the socialist way," according to DailyNK, a Seoul-based online news agency. Yet in his parallel universe, Mr Kim boasted of the variety of beef, pork, goose and turkey available to the privileged customers of the pancake shop. How does he get away with it? Loosely, that is the question posed by North Korea-watchers trying to understand how an odious regime has remained stable for so long, defying frequent predictions of its downfall. Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Kembali

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