Anyone happen to catch this show on Nat Geo about a journalist going inside NK? She is the sister of one of the American women held in NK back in 2009. She was going in with a humanitarian aid doctor performing cataract surgery on a variety of NK citizens.
I had previously said that I think the attitude of the NK people towards their awful living conditions could change as quickly as one generation. After watching this, I'm not so sure. I now believe that many of the people of NK actually think they live better than the rest of world. Not that they are somehow on a higher level of spirituality or morality, but they think the rest of the world actually lives like them (no food, water, electricity, etc...).
It's an hour show (50 minutes without commercials) and IMO well worth the time. If you don't want to watch the whole thing, at least watch a few minutes starting around the 43:00 mark. It shows the reveal of the cataract surgery and the people's reaction. It was very eye opening in more than one way.