How North Korea's privileged elite prosper while ordinary people starve
lovemoney staff
19 August 2022
The Hermit Kingdom's haves and have-nots
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The elite get to live in Pyongyang
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The rest of the population are barred from the capital
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The elite can earn thousands of dollars a month
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While the rest of the population scrape by on just $2 or $3 (£1.45 or £2.15)
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Ordinary people are forced into unpaid labour
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The elite have constant access to fine food
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A leader's diet
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The rest of the population have barely enough to eat
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The elite worry about their waistlines
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The rest of the population fret about famine
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The elite reside in upscale apartment blocks
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Kim has 17 palaces to choose from...
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...and a superyacht for holidays
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The rest of the population live in rundown, no-frills housing
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The elite enjoy swish en suite facilities
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The rest of the population have to use public bathrooms
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The elite has access to desirable black market goods
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The rest of the population have no such luck
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The elite follow the latest fashions
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The rest of the population have more important things to worry about
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The elite drive cars and ride battery-powered bikes
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The rest of the population use bikes and ox or horse-drawn carts
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The elite drive on smooth asphalt roads
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The rest of the population struggle on dirt tracks
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The elite don't have to cope with crippling power cuts
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The rest of the population experience regular outages
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The elite own multiple cellphones
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The rest of the population are banned from owning cellphones
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The elite have (restricted) access to the internet
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The elite pamper their pet dogs
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The rest of the population are more likely to eat the animals
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