North Korea breeds black swans for meat to tackle food shortages

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North Korea is breeding ornamental black swans to provide meat to its population amid food shortages. The country’s state media reported that the industrial scale breeding under way at a swan farm could help improve people’s lives. North Korea has long suffered from food insecurity, which deepened after the UN imposed sanctions on the country in 2017 over its nuclear programmes. The reclusive state has been able to rely on neighbouring China for food, but supplies have been disrupted by natural disasters and border lockdowns to fight the coronavirus pandemic. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has admitted that his country faces a “tense” food shortage.

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31 Comments

  1. Its not logical, when chickens and ducks exist, but why not. People already eat ducks in large quantities. Although swans look really thin, so i have to wonder if the meat isnt too tough.

  2. the food shortage would amount to being more, if people eat from such for which verily there would never be enough for all of the people to eat of! for example, there should be enough chicken, but probably not swan.

  3. Many small island countries or countries that are encompassed by the Ocean have a higher chance of destruction not only from warfare of species like humans but also from natural disasters that may occur for multiple reasons.

  4. These people need to evolve like everybody else and have renewable food resources. This is a simple task if the appropriate measurements are used. Every countries economy should be benefitting our evolution as humans. We should not be allowing people to use people for resources but North Koreans could contribute to people’s economies as well as there own. The issue is if I was the leader of North Korea and South Korea I would have submitted my countries to China as long as they adopt laws for my people that would cater to there evolution.

  5. They're not in the position where they can diversify their foods. Instead of diversifying, they should focus on multiplying still. Why? Because they need much more chickens to feed their people, instead of breeding exotic meats like black swans, clearly these black swans will be pricey meats only affordable by their wealthy class.
    Instead of focusing on how to create different kind of meats for their politicians and military bigwigs, they need to focus on hos to create more chickens so even their dirt poor citizens can eat meat.

  6. North Korea should focus on quick growing vegetables, while fir meat they should choose chicken instead of black swans. These black swans will end up in the stomachs of their elites, not their plebs' empty stomachs.

  7. The economic hardship, recession, unemployment and the loss of job caused by covid pandemic is enough to push people into financial ventures..

  8. UN has always been an enemy to the DPRK since it was them who invaded DPRK and divided it into two countries .

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