Why is North Korea poorer than South Korea or Japan?

[Magnolia]

North Korea




South Korea




Japan




HDP per capita (PPP) int. dollar
South Korea 37 900
Japan 41 470
North Korea 1 800

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Does it mean people of North Korea are of lower IQ, they are subhuman, lazy, alcoholics, or what?

[zhaoyun]

Because of Communism, obviously.

[Rumata]

It's an isolated country. MUCH unlike South Korea and Japan.

[Iloko]

Aren't most of their government funds prioritized towards military technology/spending?-..leaving NK very poor economically and in the social stratum arena. Not to mention all of their anti-capitalism sentiments.

But I am not all that knowledgeable in politics.. I found this online though: https://borgenproject.org/poverty-in-north-korea/

[Antimage]

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Does it mean people of North Korea are of lower IQ, they are subhuman, lazy, alcoholics?

Yup.

[Chev Chelios]

What do you expect from an isolated country and a big prison?

The status of North and South Korea shows how two different governments/systems change the fate of a same ethnic group. Shitty govts can easily degenerate any nation. Countries like North Korea, Iran, Venezuela, and ...

[Drawing-slim]

North koreans are happier than south koreans, so who is really richer?

[TEUTORIGOS]

Because of Communism, obviously.

LOL, duh ! You would have to be a retard to not know that.

[zhaoyun]

What do you expect from an isolated country and a big prison?

The status of North and South Korea shows how two different governments/systems change the fate of a same ethnic group. Shitty govts can easily degenerate any nation. Countries like North Korea, Iran, Venezuela, and ...

It's like seeing two twins born at birth. One was raised in a high level academy and given every opportunity. The other was abused by alcoholic step parents and thrown to street gangs. Let's see how they turn out.

[Mikula]

Because of Communism, obviously.

To be accurate, very special system of pseudo-communism called juche