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2010-02-17 China-Japan-Koreas

N. Koreans Are Smaller, Weaker Than S. Koreans

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Posted by Steve White 2010-02-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Jeebus - as a former Substitute Teacher and related I have had middle school students or younger that were heavier + taller than that.

I'm a'guessin they sacrificed their health for the following:

To wit, FREEREPUBLIC > YONHAP NEWS > [Joel Wit]SCHOLAR: NORTH KOREA MAY PRODUCE 14-18 NUCLEAR WARHEADS BY 2019 IFF TALKS FAIL.

OTOH FREEP POSTER > says NOKORS may produc 50-100 warheads iff the talks succeed???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2010-02-17 00:22|| na 2010-02-17 00:22|| Front Page Top

#2 I was going to make a "Master of the Obvious" joke, but then I read the article, and it sounds like the effects of systemic malnutrition are *compounding* with later generations, which sounds like new information to me. How are they staving off epidemic disease outbreaks with stats like that?

Posted by Mitch H. 2010-02-17 09:51|| http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/ 2010-02-17 09:51|| Front Page Top

#3 How are they staving off epidemic disease outbreaks with stats like that?

The entire country is effectively an isolation ward, Mitch.

Parasites, ick! Not to mention the effective IQ drop due to malnourishment.

Posted by trailing wife 2010-02-17 11:34|| 2010-02-17 11:34|| Front Page Top

#4 So it's not so much a hermit kingdom as a bubble-boy kingdom?

Posted by Mitch H. 2010-02-17 12:27|| http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/ 2010-02-17 12:27|| Front Page Top

#5 I doubt the leadership cares, despite any rhetoric. All they need is enough people to draw on to make problems, and enough food to feed that many people, in order to feel they are meeting whatever goals they have, which seem to involve Kimmie having enough high-end brandy to keep his pancreas properly pickled.

Posted by gorb 2010-02-17 15:17|| 2010-02-17 15:17|| Front Page Top

#6 Not to mention the effective IQ drop due to malnourishment.

wow - a kingdom of Democrats.....

Posted by CrazyFool 2010-02-17 16:19|| 2010-02-17 16:19|| Front Page Top

#7 Short, dumb, and hungry. Reminds me of my in-laws.

Posted by Skunky Glins**** 2010-02-17 21:02|| 2010-02-17 21:02|| Front Page Top

#8 I recall reading that post-war Japan had shorter emaciated, undersized people, and in two generations of decent food they now boast 6 footers, a vast and similar improvement will happen when Kimmie finally bites the dust.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2010-02-17 21:10|| 2010-02-17 21:10|| Front Page Top

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