then she saw a bowl of rice on the ground. and this is what you write. put it on the screen. dr. kim couldn t remember the last time she saw a bowl of pure white rice. what was it doing on the ground. she figured it out before, dogs in china ate better than doctors in north korea. i mean that is just striking. yes. and that is, you know, we really have no idea how difficult it is to be a north korean. you know, north korea has come up since the great famine of the 90s. you know, these people are in the middle of greatest economic miracle in the world. you know, what happened in northeast asia and, yes, you know rice is a luxury. i ve met north koreans in northeastern china who, you know, just go crazy when they see an apple because they have never had an apple or a banana.