From Foreign Policy's Passport blog:
Want some fries with your Juche?
Attempting to forge a new image for himself and his country, North
Korea's youthful supreme leader Kim Jong Un is allowing women to wear
pants, platform shoes and earrings, making more mobile phones available,
endorsing previously banned foods like pizza, French fries and
hamburgers — and he's giving kids free trips to zoos and amusement
parks.[...]
Kim, educated in Switzerland during his early teens, has initiated
numerous policy changes to allow people more freedom and entertainment
in their daily lives. North Korean state TV last month showed an image
of Kim in a straw hat with a huge smile paying a visit to Mangyongdae
Amusement Park and pointing at its roller coaster.
North Korea specialist Dong Yong-Sueng tells ABC news that lifting the
ban on women wearing pants and platform shoes has ushered in a "fashion
revolution" in the country....
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