SkullysBones
SkullysBones t1_jeaxpst wrote
Reply to comment by ZaLuTao69 in Russia plans to offer food to North Korea in exchange for weapons: White House by koolman631
Probably not, North Korea has received food aid in the past as part of the nuclear negotiation process.
SkullysBones t1_iyj7sig wrote
Reply to comment by Longjumping_Plum_964 in Smoking increases the risks of 56 diseases and kills more than one million adults in China each year from 22 different causes. The study included over 512,000 adults who were recruited during 2004-08 from 10 diverse urban and rural areas by Wagamaga
The tobacco companies are all majority owned by the state. They sell something like a trillion cigs internally in China every year. Probably a difficult source of revenue to let go of.
SkullysBones t1_jeb4kvc wrote
Reply to comment by ZaLuTao69 in Russia plans to offer food to North Korea in exchange for weapons: White House by koolman631
Also note the story doesn't say NK asked for this. This is supposedly a Russian proposal, but Russia does have a lot of food so it kind of makes sense.