Tokyo – — Evidence is mounting that Kim Jong Il is losing the propaganda war inside North Korea, with more than half the population now listening to foreign news, grassroots cynicism undercutting state myths, and discontent rising even among elites.
A survey of refugees has found that “everyday forms of resistance” in the North are taking root as large swaths of the population believe that pervasive corruption, rising inequity and chronic food shortages are the fault of the government in Pyongyang – and not of the United States, South Korea or other foreign forces. The report will be released this week by the East-West Center, a research group established by Congress.
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