Putin Greets North Korean Leader on Russia's Pacific Coast
This week, Russian officials justified Mr. Kim's visit by saying it would give him a chance to study Russia's shift from a Communist economy toward a market economy. But during his jaunt, which started Tuesday and is to end Saturday, there were no economists or major private business leaders on his agenda. Instead, it was largely standard fare, visiting a mix of factories and defense industries.
In Vladivostok, his exposure to the free market was limited to visiting a new shopping center and a bakery. After he left the bakery, a truck from his motorcade backed up to the front door and Russian workers loaded several dozen cakes for transport back to the North Korean's train
Somebody remind me why Japan and the U.S. send food to North Korea when "Dear Leader" gets his fat belly filled wherever he goes?
