AMERICANS are living in such dire straits that they are forced to drink snow instead of coffee, live in tents, and eat wild birds, according to the latest North Korean propaganda video.
As the Daily Telegraph notes, there's a "slim chance" the four-minute "Dickensian dystopia" is a hoax. But even if the video hasn't yet been verified, the paper reports that "it certainly matches all the usual standards" of the country's films about life in America.
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