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Here’s how lousy life is in North Korea

by Rick Newman

North Korean commuters ride on a trolley car in Pyongyang, North Korea on Friday, April 12, 2013. Reflected in the window is a roadside propaganda banner that reads: “Let’s follow the example of the space conquerors,” referring to the country’s rocket launch program.North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un might talk tough, but he presides over one of the weakest, most dilapidated economies in the world.

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