The DPRK could put out any set of numbers and would be accused of fudging them before anyone even looked at them.
It’s not even just lately. The Black Book of Communism shows the extreme lengths you can distort numbers and still be trusted as reputable by the average westerner.
Somehow after covid, bird flu, “job creation” statistics, the US’s reporting is not worthy of instantaneous distrust like NK’s.
I’d trust their national statistics more than I’d trust our governments, have you seen ours lately?
The DPRK could put out any set of numbers and would be accused of fudging them before anyone even looked at them.
It’s not even just lately. The Black Book of Communism shows the extreme lengths you can distort numbers and still be trusted as reputable by the average westerner.
Somehow after covid, bird flu, “job creation” statistics, the US’s reporting is not worthy of instantaneous distrust like NK’s.