[imText1]Pride and confidence spread among armed forces, government officials and the rich in North Korea since the nuclear test. <\/p>\n
A 41-year old North Korean businessman, K, had a telephone interview with the Daily NK from Dandong, China, on Tuesday. During the interview, K described confidence in the regime. He said \u201cWhether Americans do it (sanctions) or not, we Koreans don\u2019t care. We now have nuclear weapons and we are pretty sure that we will win. Soldiers think so.\u201d <\/p>\n
When asked if ordinary people believe North Korea possessing nuclear weapons, K boasted \u201cEverybody in (North) Korea knows that except for infants. We are not afraid of Yankees.\u201d <\/p>\n
K is a typical member of the North Korean wealthy class. North Korea\u2019s upper class\u2019s confidence after the nuclear test contradicts worldwide expectation of escalation of domestic disorder due to international sanctions. <\/p>\n
K said that armed forces and ordinary people are convinced to defeat the U.S. Such attitude is opposite from the actual popular reaction of ignorance to the nuclear test. <\/p>\n
While most of the population struggles to live, a small portion of North Koreans have earned fortune from trade with China or Japan. This newly created wealthy class is now a key supporter of Kim Jong Il and his regime. <\/p>\n
Also, another interpretation might be that since the Chinese government does not restrict trade with North Korea despite the UN Security Council\u2019s resolution, participants of the Sino-N. Korean trade are not damaged yet. <\/p>\n
On people\u2019s lives after the nuke test, K optimistically said \u201cEverything is going well.\u201d \u201cCost of rice is stable and there are plenty of goods at the market.\u201d <\/p>\n
And \u201cWhether the international society punishes Korea, we would not worry if we keep normal trade relationship with China,\u201d K assured. <\/p>\n
K\u2019s confident remarks prove that Kim Jong Il\u2019s nuclear strategy works well, at least among the army, government and upper class in North Korea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
[imText1]Pride and confidence spread among armed forces, government officials and the rich in North Korea since the nuclear test. A 41-year old North Korean businessman, K, had a telephone interview with the Daily NK from Dandong, China, on Tuesday. During the interview, K described confidence in the regime. He said \u201cWhether Americans do it (sanctions) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122,"featured_media":3186,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wikipediapreview_detectlinks":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[645],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy"],"yoast_head":"\n