claim: "the average south korean is 3 inches taller than the average north korean, a huge gulag."
author: john mccain
evidence_1: dec 10, 2012 ... physical signs of hunger. a life marked by persistent, unending hunger is  reflected in the bodies of north korea's people. in april this year, the north  korean military lowered its minimum height requirement to 4 feet 7 inches, just  slightly taller than the average south korean fourth-grade student. the u.n. ...
evidence_2: on the great grade-school playground of foreign affairs, he might as well be  wearing across his broad bottom a big kick me sign. kim is ... he has been in  power for a little more than three years. .... kim stands five feet nine inches, taller  than most north koreans, and his bulk is now estimated to be upwards of 210  pounds.
evidence_3: sep 25, 2008 ... slap next to all this sits the epitome of globalisation's success, whose men on  average are three inches (7cm) taller than their poorer neighbours. half a century  ago south korea's economy was on a par with upper volta's. today its citizens  have an average income per person of $20,000. they enjoy the ...
evidence_4: mar 20, 2016 ... that's what days, months, years on a starvation diet of corn bread and salty water  does to you. it's more than a decade since lee gave her horrifying recollections  of life in a north korean prison camp to a us congressional committee but they  have added resonance today as american student otto warmbier ...
evidence_5: the joint security area (jsa) is the only portion of the korean demilitarized zone  (dmz) where north and south korean forces stand face-to-face. it is often called  the "truce village" in both the media and various military accounts. the jsa is  used by the two koreas for diplomatic engagements and, until march 1991, was ...