Citing the recent flooding, the dictatorship has asked the international community for food aid.
BBC News - UN: North Korea seeks immediate food aid after floods
Is this the real reason, or are its policies to blame for not being able to provide for its population?
Half of me thinks that we should withhold aid in the hope that internal unrest brings the odious regime down, but this would probably lead to the deaths of large swathes of the already impoverished population, while Kim and his cronies survived.
If aid is given, it should be distributed in such a way that the NK people are made fully aware of who is providing it, the capitalist running dogs they have been brainwashed into believing are the font of all evil.