Gumhok and the Famine

Gimok was spared the worst of the famine, but most north kareans suffered immensely. Gumhok tells a story about staying with a family with two boys a school trip to the countryside. So when brother went to school, the younger brother had to stay at home. And i asked him, why do you wait your brother like this? And he said, my older brother took his shoes, so i have to wait because they have only one clothes and one bag like shoes. I was so, so sharp. We can't know for sure, but i think it safe to say that pacin hok would have experienced hardship growing up in the famine as well, and most