Can South Korea Learn Anything from North Korea?

In the painting [http://www.hani.co.kr/arti/opinion/column/728414.html]’s foreground, a group of farmers with listless facial expressions stand knee-deep in a rice paddy, just behind a grimy pile of detritus, which includes war weapons and symbols of western decadence — Coca Cola, cigarettes, and Korean text for the words “my money.” Behind them, a group of folks in traditional Korean attire smile, dance and eat in an idyllic rural setting. In the background is Mt. Baekdu, which sits at the nor