I would trust Kim Jong-il to be a little more responsible in the printing of these things than the US Federal Reserve.

We’re lucky, then, that the Federal Reserve doesn’t print the bills, then. That’s the job of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (part of the Dept. of the Treasury — the Fed is independant).

The so called “Supernotes” — one hundred dollar bills that were produced by North Korea — actually came to surpass the quality of the real notes that were produced in America.

Funny that… And (seemingly) paradoxically, a counterfeit with a conspicuously higher level of quality than the original is actually a poor counterfeit. Heck, it’s almost Zen.

Back in the 1980’s, I never foresaw this would lead to famine and starving to death by the present era. Thank you for writing this and mentioning the 2 meals a day movement.

Watching even tained dramas like Seoul 1945, I could sympathize with Koreans who chose North Korean communism in the early stages. Heck, they probably ate 3 meals a day while the South didn’t. Kim Il Sung and Rhee Syng Man probably were both deeply interested in governing as long as they could. But, life is also about choosing between the lesser of 2 evils.

For all the negatives you could point out about American super powerism and capitalism, you can clearly see now that Rhee Syng Man was the lesser of the 2 evils and clearly the winning ticket towards a better Korea…which is just South Korea at the moment. Some day, the Middle East will also see this. China and Vietnam started seeing this practically 50 years later.