North Korea's Recipe for Disaster: A Heatwave Exacerbates Poverty and Isolation As the Korean peninsula swelters through a record hot summer, North Korea's leadership has resorted to promoting home cooked remedies to combat the heat.
State media have touted dog soup and ginseng broths as effective ways to beat the heat, with one doctor suggesting that dog meat can provide "nutritional supplementation.
" However, this culinary prescription overlooks the stark reality of life in North Korea: a nation crippled by poverty, chronic power shortages, and an infrastructure woefully unprepared for extreme weather events.