North Korea Reforming Economy While Denying Change

On the side streets of Pyongyang, small traders sell vegetables from impromptu stalls. At markets, dealers offer imported household goods — even Coca-Cola — and in state-owned department stores hard currency is openly exchanged at black-market rates. Officially, North Korea denies it is reforming and declares it remains guided by the Juche, or self-reliance, philosophy … Read more