How North Korea Became Insanely Poor #economics #northkorea #history #geopolitics

North Korea has arguably the worst economy in the world. However this was not always the case. In fact for a brief moment in time it was the most industrialized nation in Asia and persistently outperformed South Korea for decades. How did not North Korea go from the “Idea socialist state” to the worst place to live in the world?

#economics #northkorea #history #geopolitics

[karmanivek]

Remember when Mao ordered the killing of birds to prevent them to eat the seeds ? Boy did that worked well.

[Blaqjaqshellaq]

During the 1950s, it's easy to forget, the North Korean economy actually outgrew the South for a while...

[maxiix]

I didn't get this, what population of mountain goat tripled an how it affected to floods?

[calhountubbs]

Of course the poor excuses of leaders weren't smart enough to see that.