[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #3

To be quite brief, Juche ideology is the N. Korea's state ideology. It emphasize self-reliance and hyper-nationalism, which are used to argue that N. Korea should be a closed self-sufficient paradise. At the center of ideology is the personality cult revolving around Kim dynasty. The leader elevated to a divine figure whose existence is essential for the survival of N. Korean nation. It incorporates a form of extreme personality cult.

[BJClinton]

Juche ideology ... emphasize self-reliance and hyper-nationalism, which are used to argue that N. Korea should be a closed self-sufficient paradise.

Heh. Sounds like some anti-free-trade FReepers.

I think the author over thinks the problems there. The problem was the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe. Without Soviet subsidies their "paradise" is collapsing, it just takes time for the dominoes to fall.

[the_daug]

JUCHE = HERMIT KINGDOM