Suffering food shortages, North Korea promotes eating black swans

Even in the best of times, many North Koreans don’t get enough to eat. But the country is now suffering through a severe food shortage — and Kim Jong-un warns citizens it could last for years. To get through this crisis, North Korean officials are pushed to get creative. The regime is even hyping up one not-so-traditional source of nutrition: black swans, described as “delicious and having great medicinal value.” 

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