North Korea

Just came upon this little tidbit. North Koreans are starving and China refuses to sell rice to western aid agencies for distribution.

SPIEGEL: How many people have been affected by the food shortages?

Göken: The World Food Program estimates between 5 and 6 million. At least 400,000 tons of grain is lacking.

Then there is this, "In addition, they are also lacking modern equipment — I didn’t see any tractors in the fields. Nor can one say that there is effective crisis management on the part of the government."

Yep, socialism doesn't work and the degree to which socialism is applied only hurries the final collapse. Hopefully, for the North Korean people, the collapse will come soon, since neither the East nor the West is any hurry to bring about 'regime change'.