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Tue Dec-14-04 02:34 PM
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| 1. State ownership did not cause the famine. |
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What caused the famine is an overreliance on artificial pesticides and other practices that led to the deterioration of already-poor soil quality. Now they are correctly moving from rice to potato as a staple, which is more suitable for their climate.
N. Korea need not invite foreign control of its economy in order to overcome the crisis. They need smarter policies on how to direct the resources they do have. They would be wise to utilize their scientific sector to make software and IT industry breakthroughs. They are poor, but they are educated.
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