North Koreans Fight over Excrement for Human Fertilizer Quota
Radio Free Asia (RFA), a U.S.-funded non-profit that exposes the grim reality of life in many parts of Asia, reported that the country s communist authorities have burdened every household with collection quotas for human waste that will be used to fertilize the ground for next year s harvest.
The quota, ordered by dictator Kim Jong-un in his New Year s address, ordered that each household should meet a quota amounting to 100 kilograms (220 pounds) per able-bodied citizen. According to local sources, the quota was intentionally unattainable because its true goal was to force citizens to pay fines and bribes for their failure to meet the necessary targets.