Dictators Whims

Reports said that in February 2022, Kim Jong-un, North Korea's hereditary king in all but name .....

Kimjongilia Flowers - North Korean
Penal Camp For Not Growing Them.

..... had a 50 year old palace gardener named 'Han', sentenced to a harsh labour work-camp prison for 6 months, due to the poor man not being able to force a flower to bloom in time for a special festival.

Its A Dogs Life

As if life isn't tough enough in possibly the poorest nation of Earth, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea to you and me) ... 

North Korea Disappears At Night - Outshone By Fishing Fleets

..... which, compared to its Southern neighbour, has virtually a stone age economy. South Korea 2021 - GDP $47,027 (IMF): North Korea 2021 - GDP under $2,000 (Estimated) ... they were actually nearly level in the 1960s.