Three cannibals will be killed for eating or selling human flesh. Apparently these barbarians had a food shortage and resorted to consuming human flesh, in North Korea. Hit the jump to see how many cannibalistic incidents have been reported and why this is an occurrence in that country.

Steph Bassanini

North Korea has convicted and executed three people for cannibalism as the country continues to struggle with widespread hunger, according to a think tank’s new report.
The claims have been made by the South Korean state-run Korean Institute for National Unification.
It’s white paper on human rights outlines information from 230 defectors who reported seeing the public executions which had been carried out since 2006.

The report was reviewed by the Yonhap News Agency which said some of those interviewed claimed the executions were for eating or selling human flesh.
Authorities executed one man for killing and eating parts of a co-worker then trying to sell the rest at a market as mutton.
Widespread food shortages forced another to kill and eat a girl three years ago in Hyesan, Yonhap reported.

A third incident of cannibalism was reported in 2011, but researchers were unable to uncover more details.
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