NKorea embraces capitalism, sort of

Hoping to avoid another round of embarrassing mass starvation North Korea is doing the formerly unthinkable:

In recent weeks, according to North Korea observers and defector groups with sources in the country, Kim Jong Il's government admitted its inability to solve the current food shortage and encouraged its people to rely on private markets for the purchase of goods.

The next thing we know hapless North Koreas will be gorging on KFC and burgers and will, like us, be dropping dead from obesity.