Well, howdy there internet people, let's bow again. So today we are going to talk about

the situation that appears to be developing in North Korea. We're going to talk about the situation itself. We're going to talk about

how it is likely to be framed in different parts of the world. We're going to talk about

how I think it should be framed in the part we need to remember and

we're going to talk about the best bet for addressing the situation.

Now if you have missed it, there have been strong indications

that soon North Korea will not have enough food to feed everybody, even if it was evenly

distributed.

Certain actions by the North Korean government recently make those suggestions

seem a whole lot more likely. It does appear that unless something changes

drastically North Korea will head into a period where there is not enough food with everything that goes along with that.

Around the world people are going to want to frame this in different ways that is best for

their particular ideology their set of beliefs most will try to attribute it to a single factor.

When you are talking about something like this, it is rarely a single factor.

It's not one thing that causes it. It's a combination of things. In this case, there are four

main factors. First, antiquated farming techniques. Most of what is used

over there is old, it's not as good.

Second, Western sanctions because of the weapons program.

That limits the economy which impacts everything.

Third, the weapons program.

The types of weapons that they have been developing and testing are expensive and it diverts resources from other

segments of the economy. Fourth, North Korea took the world's public health situation seriously

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