10 Bizarre Things About N Korea

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I normally go to this website for funny pictures, but this article is actually pretty interesting:
10 Bizarre Things You Might Not Know About North Korea - Mandatory

The one that I thought was most interesting was this:

North Korea Is One Of The World’s Largest Fresh Fruit Producers

You wouldn’t think that a nation as ravaged by famine as North Korea would be an agricultural exporter, but here we are. Multiple organizations have placed the DPRK in the top 10 nations in the world for fresh fruit production, but that bounty doesn’t trickle down into the mouths of its citizens.

Apples, peaches, nectarines and pears all grow exceptionally well on their collective farms. Almost everything grown in the country by the primarily agricultural population is packaged up to be sold for export, and the proceeds go right into the pockets of Kim Jong-Un and his cronies.