I was just doing some research about North Korean development, and I came across a another blog of University Students discussing issues via blogging here. They discussed a lot of really interesting topics from human rights to the entertainment biz in North Korea. And look at this, they think the same as us!!-->I came across some entries on foreign aid, and one person posted this comment: "Economic development in Africa [and I think also applies to NK] will depend -- as it has elsewhere and throughout the history of the modern world -- on the success of private-sector entrepreneurs, social entrepreneurs and African political reformers. It will not depend on the activities of patronizing, bureaucratic, unaccountable and poorly informed outsiders.Development everywhere is homegrown." The link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/12/AR2006021201150.html