All The Fancy Things Kim Jong-un Has – While His People Are Starving

The Reality Check

The United Nations classifies North Korea as one of the world’s poorest countries. Per capita GDP sits at just $667 a year. A 2025 UN report described “systematic, widespread and gross human rights violations,” with chronic food shortages leaving an estimated 40% of the population undernourished. Kim’s yacht alone is worth more than the annual earnings of thousands of North Koreans combined. The satellite images don’t lie—and neither does the contrast.