The Marmot’s Hole

I realize this is rather old but…., several people on the blog have commented that the only people in the North getting beef are KJI and his cronies….well, that isn’t quite true.  Of course, compared to the NK Beef, I think I would rather take my chances with the supposed threat of American beef infected with Mad Cow.

In 2002, North Korea was estimated to have 575,000 head of cattle, it is unclear how many head of cattle they have now or,  for that matter, the number of giant rabbits (remember this story?), but common people, as well as KJI and his cronies, were eating some beef.  

In 2006, ”a horrible and mysterious disease that the frightened residents called ‘leprosy’ for the impact on victims, causing them to break out in boils and oozing skin that progressed to the point that, as one North Korean defector described it, left its victims looking ‘like pieces of sliced meat,’” was thought to have been caused by eating contaminated beef.

You can read the rest of the article of contaminated North Korean beef here:  North Koreans Given Cause to Beef