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[-] FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world 66 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Weird to think Japan has a lower racial diversity than North Korea

[-] AAA@feddit.org 44 points 1 week ago

North Korea is probably "no data".

[-] BygoneNeutrino@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

If these conclusions are backed by science, then they are based on the collection of DNA. A scientist would need to sequence the genomes of thousands-maybe tens of thousands-of random people from all across the country. The more populous the country, the more random samples would need to be collected to derive meaningful results.

...this imposes limitations on which countries could be analyzed. Smaller countries would be easier, and they'd need to be of some economic or scientific interest to justify the cost. In a country like North Korea, only the government would be allowed to collect this data. If they were willing to spend the money, I doubt they would release even anonymized results.

[-] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago

Weird that they would assign it a value of 2% if it's "no data"

[-] Tiral@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Yeah, I can't believe it's even 2% TBH.

[-] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Any data would be self reported and pulled out of the dictators ass

[-] Horsey@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

If I had to stab at it, maybe they consider north/south related families separately? There can’t possibly be Chinese living there outside of government contracting.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 1 week ago

Why do you think it was some pure ethnostate in the first place, and why wouldn't Chinese people count?

[-] Horsey@lemmy.world -1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Your comment only makes sense if you have no idea what the NK regime is. Since the 50s, all the other ethnicities would’ve left.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 points 1 week ago

Because it's not their home if they're not the "right" race amirite

[-] Horsey@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

It’s not my view that they’re unwelcome. It’s the reality of NK…

[-] Danquebec@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

There might simply be another ethnicity than "Korean". Perhaps "Manchurian".

this post was submitted on 26 Apr 2026
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