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2011-07-02 China-Japan-Koreas

North Korea shuts down universities for 10 months

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Posted by Steve White 2011-07-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 How many bodies are we talking about here? Could they muster enough "students" to free up the troops they usually have playing part-time farmer during the planting or harvest seasons, or on manuring detachment?

That might be excessively paranoid. Most likely, this is just them throwing every warm body at getting seed in the ground, fertilized, and then harvested. Although you don't generally need those warm bodies in the months in between, unless they're planning on having furloughed college students out weeding seven days a week and chasing bugs, because they can't afford pesticides. They'd be more likely to stomp the seedlings in the process, knowing college kids.

Posted by Mitch H. 2011-07-02 10:36|| http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/ 2011-07-02 10:36|| Front Page Top

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Posted by Pollyandrew 2011-07-02 20:02|| 2011-07-02 20:02|| Front Page Top

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