US Want Ban on Luxury Goods to N. Korea
The US is proposing a ban on exporting luxury goods to North Korea. These items are used by the leader Kim Jong Il (picturedto feed not only his appetite, but those of high ranking officials as well. Meanwhile, North Korea citizens continue to suffer from poverty and avoid famine only via foreign aid. So far international embargoes have been ineffective in producing change. Jong Il is still able to import just about anything he pleases. The US feels that this would be a win-win situation because it attacks only those in Jong Il's inner circle and not the common North Korean. I doubt it will have much success, as Jong Il will still be able to bring in whatever he wants, someone will sell it to him no matter what sort of laws there are against it. Still, I suppose it is a nice symbolic move. For more, read on here.