North Korea has long had incredible trouble feeding its people. Kim Jong Un, the country's dictator, called upon party cadre's to usher in a new era of rural development. The regime is notoriously prideful, which doesn't mean that they wouldn't necessarily offer help.
On his visit to Beijing Emmanuel Macron, France’s president, has much to balance: his peacemaking ways, a more hawkish travel partner and the commercial interests of his delegation of business leaders. What will result? We ask what is being done to avoid a looming famine in North Korea. And why baseball is getting speedier and more action-packed this season.
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