Many North Korea experts see Friday's far more modest wage proposal in the context of a recent thaw Pyongyang's attitude toward the South possibly aimed at boosting economic assistance as the North feels the pinch of international sanctions.

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While a modest proposal, it is a constructive one.

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Herewith, then, a modest proposal for the privileged masses en route to a sodden campaign at their Bacchanalian playgrounds.

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Perhaps the government has cooled over his modest proposal to provide a way of overturning such things as over-cautious health and safety rulings.

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