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[–] blinx615@lemmy.ml -4 points 5 days ago (2 children)

The fact that they have to defect to speak to the outside world is all you need to know...

[–] KnownUnknownKnower@hexbear.net 14 points 5 days ago

They don’t “have to” defect. Plenty of people don’t!

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] blinx615@lemmy.ml -3 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 8 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

My source on what? You made the claim, mate. I'm asking for your source.

[–] blinx615@lemmy.ml -4 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] blinx615@lemmy.ml -4 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] blinx615@lemmy.ml -4 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] blinx615@lemmy.ml -3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

I fully expect you to pay no attention to the content and instead throw shade on the sources, but here's your opportunity to show good faith.

https://www.rfa.org/english/news/korea/nk-manure-quota-2020-10142019154836.html https://www.bbc.com/news/57524614

This quote is directly from the DPRK in 2014:

It is necessary to apply large quantities of manure to paddy and non-paddy fields to fertilize land and increase unit-area yield sustainably. Manure production is just increased grain production. The agricultural sector should channel efforts into manure production to turn out more than 20-30 tons of it per hectare of paddy and non-paddy fields. Cooperative farms should find out and use all sources of manure such as domestic animal excrement, night soil, compost and ditch-bed soil.

http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2014/201402/news07/20140207-01ee.html

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

https://www.rfa.org/english/news/korea/nk-manure-quota-2020-10142019154836.html

So literally a US state propaganda outlet citing an anonymous source. So a completely unfounded accusation

https://www.bbc.com/news/57524614

Literally doesn't' contain your claim at all, so you're just lying and acting in bad faith now.

This quote is directly from the DPRK in 2014:

And it doesn't support your claim. So you are lying.

What a shock

[–] blinx615@lemmy.ml -3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

... Do you just not know what night soil is or...

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

BTW In a large part of North Korea, people are made to contain their waste in bags. The government comes to pick up the bags of human waste to use as fertilizer for the crops. People are so fearful of not having a bag of waste to provide that they will steal others.

This was your claim. It is a lie. It is not backed up by what you posted. So posting them claiming they were sources is also a lie.