Kim Jong-Un, the new 29 year old leader of North Korea, who was educated in Switzerland (where he apparently was the worst student ever :P), is estimated to have eliminated (killed) some 14 senior officials now, in order to consolidate his legitimacy and leadership of the country.
But which road will he take NK down? Today we may have an indication:
North Korea 'to debate major crop reforms
"North Korea’s Supreme People’s Assembly is expected to debate agricultural reforms that will allow farmers to keep as much as half of their crops when it convenes on Tuesday.
Analysts say the reforms are designed to increase agricultural output, reduce reliance on expensive imports, reduce malnutrition and halt rising food prices. Previously, farmers have been required to sell all their produce to the government which then distributes it to the population.
The move is a reversal of the crackdown on private production that was introduced by Kim Jong-il, the former North Korean leader, in 2005 and suggests that his son and heir, Kim Jong-un, is continuing reforms in an effort to improve the lot of the impoverished nation and its people.
The proposed changes mimic China’s rural reform in the late 1970s and early 1980s, when China allowed farmers to hold onto their surplus after meeting state quotas, said John Delury, an assistant professor at Yonsei University in South Korea…"
