North Korea's barbecue boom: A taste of prosperity or a widening divide?

North Korea is opening upscale Korean barbecue restaurants at a remarkable pace, in what analysts see as an effort to showcase rising living standards, capture spending by an emerging middle class and project an image of prosperity beyond Pyongyang. Yet the rapid expansion of state-backed dining facilities, complete…

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