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Life expectancy in the northern portion of Korea was higher than in the southern portion up until the point the US bombed 2/3 of all buildings in the northern portion.

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If you look at the graph, life expectancy didn't really diverge until the 90s, 40 years after the bombing campaign.

And, any way, the North Koreans started it.

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