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Chris Smith: North Korea uses food as a weapon against its own people, and they have an apartheid system in North Korea where people…

On the recordSeptember 19, 2011
North Korea uses food as a weapon against its own people, and they have an apartheid system in North Korea where people are classified based on loyalty to the regime.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith describes North Korea's oppressive food distribution system based on loyalty.

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