This would likely be much less expensive than the existing Social Security program, which means that taxes to fund it could be much lower.

FORBES: Let's 'Clean Sheet' Our Failed Approach To Entitlements

The uncertain food supply means they regularly go through cycles of too much and too little food (it also means that they are often restricted to eating less than they could manage if food were omnipresent).

ECONOMIST: Longevity

Experts say that by this process, this means that no new bombs of plutonium are being made, no better bombs, and it makes it much less likely that North Korea is able to export its knowledge, its expertise or any material that could be used for nuclear weapons.

CNN: Amanpour: More detail to come from North Korea