While a heady mix of economic stagnation and the creeping relaxation of Stalinist control could one day see Kim il-Sung Square emulate Egypt's Tahrir, continuing isolation means the average North Korean has no clue how impoverished and regimented his or her life is. As long as Pyongyang keeps the people unaware of better alternatives, rebellions will struggle to catch light. - Andrei Lankov (Mar 1, '11)
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