I think he says things like that to bump up the number of people who visit his blog site.
Moral equivalence between North and South Korea?
Now if they used electric consumption as a measure, the North would fall far short. But those who are still defending the “pure” Communism of North Korea, will not be swayed by such materialistic standards.
Well, without electricy in abundant quantities, industrial doesn’t go anywhere. Virtually all the industrial production of North Korea is entirely in support of its military complex. The agricultural production is given very short shrift, still working with the main source of power being either the personal effort of the peasants, or feeble attempts to utilize animals as beasts of burden.
Vast numbers of people have literally starved to death in North Korea since 1950. And the situation has never improved.