Korea (North) - Economic conditions

Date: 2011

From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0019817

Description: Text reads 'The stocking filler flying off the shelves in North Korea this Christmas' In the background is a Christmas tree sparsely decorated with a spoon and a fork. In the centre is an image of the new leader of North Korea, Kim Jong-un holding a plate of cooked grass. The image is entitled '101 fun ways to cook grass by new glorious leader: Kim Jong-un'. Context: relates to the dire state of poverty in beleaguered North Korea as the new young leader takes control after the death of his father, Kim Jong-un. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0020727

Description: A staffmember tells North Korean leader Kim Jong-un that the famine is getting worse. Kim Jong-un tells him to announce another series of long range missile tests and aid will pour in. Context: North Korea has agreed to temporarily suspend nuclear tests, long-range ballistic missile launches and other nuclear activities, including enrichment of uranium and in return Washington says it is ready to move forward with plans to provide the North with 240,000 metric tons of food aid over a period of a year. A more cynical take on it would be that the U.S. is paying additional economic benefits simply for North Korea's agreement to affirm previous agreements that it has already signed its name to three times in the six-party talks," said Bruce Klingner, a senior research fellow for Northeast Asia at the Washington D.C.-based Heritage Foundation. (Turkish Weekly 1 March 2012) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0020733

Description: Shows a senior military official from the North Korean army pointing to a rocket that is being prepared for launch and explaining that the launch is to keep track of 'crop failures, famine outbreaks and new mass graves'. Context: North Korea has agreed to temporarily suspend nuclear tests, long-range ballistic missile launches and other nuclear activities, including enrichment of uranium and in return Washington says it is ready to move forward with plans to provide the North with 240,000 metric tons of food aid over a period of a year. A more cynical take on it would be that the U.S. is paying additional economic benefits simply for North Korea's agreement to affirm previous agreements that it has already signed its name to three times in the six-party talks," said Bruce Klingner, a senior research fellow for Northeast Asia at the Washington D.C.-based Heritage Foundation. (Turkish Weekly 1 March 2012) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2014

From: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0027076

Description: Cartoon depicts North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un skiiing down a slope, his tracks dividing impossibly around a tree marked 'reality'. The caption at the bottom reads, "North Korea builds 'international' ski resort". Refers to the luxury ski resort that Kim Jong-Un is building at the Masik Pass in North Korea and the perception that it will receive no foreign tourists and makes no economic sense. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).