Атомное Чучхе

Вот оригинальная статья от Reuters Цитаты: "Leader Kim Jong Un, himself no stranger to indulgence, is orchestrating new ways for his citizens to spend their wealth. Chinese customs data tells the story: North Korea’s imports of massage equipment have surged 40-fold over the past decade. Treadmill shipments jumped over 600%. Pianos and even bumper cars are pouring in, too. The consumption drive extends to luxury malls, beach resorts and ski destinations that are popping up around North Korea, according to a Reuters review of trade statistics and state media reports, and interviews with five recent visitors and two defectors. It’s not just about expanding access to life’s little luxuries, analysts say. By channeling personal spending through state-controlled leisure and retail networks, Kim strengthens government control of commerce, squeezes informal markets and unlocks new sources of revenue and growth for the nuclear-armed country. The strategy draws “the production, distribution, and capital flows concentrated in the markets into an official economic space managed by the state," said Kang Seong-hyeon, a research fellow at the Seoul-based Hyundai Research Institute, a think tank."