At least 40 percent of the population in North Korea is now engaged in some form of private enterprise, a level comparable to that of Hungary and Poland shortly after the fall of the Soviet bloc, the director of South Korea’s intelligence service, Lee Byung-ho, told lawmakers in a closed-door briefing in February.

If only we'd leave them the hell alone. Blessed be the fruits of corruption:

“I came to believe I could get away with anything in North Korea with bribes,” he said, “except the crime of criticizing the ruling Kim family.”

Hey, it works in Thailand...

Anyways, the new policy is "byungjin" rather than "songun", which is a huge jump -- Nukes for self defense and Economic growth rather than 'military first'. In the broad strokes, that isn't too different from the libertarian minarchist platform for the USA. Good to see they adopted it after their last attempt at exterminating the market proved they were Canute screaming at the tides.