The North Koreans are faced with extreme hunger resulting in the death of even entire families, as they complain. Although North Korea has nuclear weapons, it has long faced difficulties in meeting the food needs of its people due to sanctions.

The North Koreans revealed that whole families starve to death under the rule of Kim Jong Un, as the dictator focuses on nuclear weapons instead of taking care of the food needs of the citizens.

Citizens trapped inside North Korea say they have seen mothers, unable to work due to illness, starve to death before their children succumb to the same fate. They say Kim has used the Covid-19 pandemic as an alibi to reassert more control over his citizens – executing those caught smuggling food into North Korea to sell in markets or anyone who approaches the border.

North Koreans say they have become so desperate – with many watching their neighbors and children starve to death – that only an invasion of their country would end their anguish. “Only by war, and by getting rid of the entire leadership, can we survive,” Chan Ho told the BBC, not giving his real name. “Let’s finish it one way or another,” he adds.

The situation has become so desperate that some people kill themselves to avoid slow death by starvationhe adds and adds that those who try to escape are executed.

In the BBC interview, the North Koreans revealed that during the peak of the pandemic, citizens in cities were not allowed to leave their homes for weeks. Many survived only because they could sneak out at night to eat. Experts believe the death toll from Covid could be around 45,000 – far higher than the official tally of 74. For those trapped in the famine-ravaged country, they are angry that Kim Jong Un, instead of supplying food markets and reduce inflation, spends government money on nuclear weapons.

North Koreans believe that the only way to end their misery is for the US to invade their country. They say a war would mean people would turn their backs on Kim and his cronies. Experts believe the situation in North Korea is becoming “very serious” and worse than it was after the famine of the late 1990s.
The country’s borders remain closed meaning the government continues to cut off vital supplies to starving civilians.