In North Korea, Rise of Consumer Culture is the Real Revolution
(WorldNews Asia)

Like all North Korean adults, Song Un Pyol wears the faces of leader Kim Jong Un´s father and grandfather pinned neatly to her left lapel, above her heart. But on her right glitters a diamond-and-gold brooch.    Song is what a success story in Kim Jong Un´s North Korea is supposed to look like. Just after Kim assumed power in late 2011, she started managing the supermarket floor at a state-run department store, which has freezers stocked full of pork and beef and rows of dairy, bakery and canned goods. She watches as customers fill their shopping carts, take their groceries directly to be scanned at the checkout counter and pay with cash or bank debit cards.    Song is...