She says being a mom is hard. "Because you have to get up every two hours in the middle of the night, and you can't go out and say 'I am going to buy this for myself.'

VOA: special.2010.05.13

Because bars, restaurants and night clubs have been closed by the state government as a precautionary measure, people who have money have few places to spend it.

VOA: standard.2009.04.30

"North Korea fed its version of the story to the people, saying the reason Kim looks this way is not because he's lost his health, but because he works day and night for the people, visiting work sites and so on,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.30