Commentary China and Russia are demanding that the United States agree to lift U.N. economic sanctions against North Korea, which was put in place in 2006 to stop its nuclear weapons programs. Just last month, Pyongyang fired a newly developed ballistic missile from a submarine in its fifth round of recent weapons tests, violating the sanctions anew. Kim Jong Un’s two trading partners don’t address these serious threats to American interests, but argue that North Korea’s 25.6 million people will face certain famine this winter. North Korean starvation is real. Not only sanctions, but the failure of the country’s collective farming methods contribute to chronic food shortages. This year’s drought and COVID-19 may turn out to be the last straws. The Kim dynasty juche principle of “self reliance” is as fraudulent as the communist economic theories and personality cult that form the basis of its governing philosophy. Washington has so far …