"Nobody knows how many North Koreans have died or are dying in the famine— some estimates by foreign-aid groups run as high as three million in the period from 1995 to 1998 alone— but the rotund, jowly face of Kim Il Sung still beams down contentedly from every wall, and the 58-year-old son looks as chubby as ever, even as his slenderized subjects are mustered to applaud him."

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Christopher Hitchens was a British-American author, essayist, and journalist known for political and literary criticism. He wrote extensively on religion, politics, and culture.

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