3.5 million could die in a nation of 24 million.
Not saying they all are, but can you imagine 3.5 million hardcore communists just dying and not having to fire a single bullet?
A few droughts like these and there won’t be anyone LEFT in North Korea to be a threat.
I don’t think the people of North Korea are interested in communist ideology.
They must be tired of starving in an underdeveloped and extremly militarized police state.
"Hardcore communists"? I'm sure some are.
But in general, the "hardcore communists" aren't the ones dying of starvation. They're living the good life as members of the Party.
Poor mothers having to watch as their young children die of starvation and sickness in a commie hellhole, and destitute fathers having to watch as their families, homes, and land all go down the toilet because of their insane corrupt leaders and government, are not "hardcore communists" at that point. They're just human beings being killed painfully by the totalitarian regime they suffer daily under.
That said, I'm all in favor of every communist on earth being sent to meet their Maker, and if it can be done without having to shoot them, that's fine.