North Koreans Say Life Has Not Improved

By ANDREW JACOBS, New York Times
Mon, 10/15/2012 - 5:09am

Interviews in China with four North Koreans suggest daily life has not improved under Kim Jong-un for those who fall outside the nation’s elite.

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