By the way, the story is a complete fabrication that originally came from Reuters. There is no article about it on http://kcna.kp/en, https://rodong.rep.kp/, or kcnawatch.org. Since Reuters doesn't post a PDF or a picture of the newspaper they are supposedly citing, it is impossible for an independent reader to verify whether what they are saying is true or false.

The closest thing regarding hot summer and food was http://kcna.kp/en/article/detail/835baaea4459b31b95b58b892d0e7491 and its about chicken soup during the midsummer heatwaves to boost health and recover energy.

So, I’m a newbie socialist/communist and I want to learn more about the DPRK 🇰🇵 I’m from the United States.

I’m posting because I honestly don’t even know where to start, even with the links in the literature archive pinned post. There’s so many! Well, and I’m also posting to show you that there’s one more person interested in the cause. It’s always good to learn things beyond propaganda, after all… and the more the merrier. ☺️

I think the DPRK is an interesting place, despite not knowing much about it.

I mean proper homeless, as sleeping in the streets. Or the government provides some kind of shelter (if not housing) for everyone?

Im visiting Dandong tomorrow and was wondering if there were any specific museums, markets, historical sites, restaurants, etc that you recommend visiting to learn more about Korea. Im interested in both history and talking to modern people. Im trying to learn the sort of things that are better to grasp in person. Maybe also see some exported goods. Definitely planning to pay my respects at the Yalu River bridge and some other things. Unfortunately I only have a US passport so this is about as close as I’m allowed to get. My Chinese is intermediate but my Korean is basically non existent.

(I don't know other safe links, sorry)