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North Korea's 3-tiered society
Topic Started: May 8 2015, 09:23 PM (63 Views)
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North Korea's 3-Tiered Society
North Korea is plagued with economic and political inequalities. Can the international community help the marginalized?


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But there is another set of news stories about North Korea. The number of cell phone subscriptions in the country, for instance, passed the one million mark — out of a population of roughly 25 million — in 2012, only three years after the initial launch of the 3G network, and then doubled that rate, reaching two million subscribers in May 2013. Private markets have expanded throughout the country, with two mega-markets that can now serve up to 100,000 people a day. Someone, a lot of someones, is using these phones and shopping in these markets. Indeed, signs of a thriving nouveau riche are everywhere in Pyongyang — fancy pizza places, more cars on the roads, imported plasma TVs — and there is much talk of “golden couples,” namely a husband in government with an entrepreneur wife. Even part of the official economy is prospering. The center of the capital city is busy with new construction. The government has put resources into the IT sector, with some notable achievements in software development, but as in the West, these investments will not likely produce large-scale employment.

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