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In this Saturday, June 25, 2016, file photo, a man waits with shopping carts at a parking lot in front of a department store in Pyongyang, North Korea. Three generations into Kim Jong Un's ruling dynasty, markets have blossomed and a consumer culture is taking root. (Photo by Wong Maye-E/AP Photo)

In this Saturday, June 25, 2016, file photo, a man waits with shopping carts at a parking lot in front of a department store in Pyongyang, North Korea. Three generations into Kim Jong Un's ruling dynasty, markets have blossomed and a consumer culture is taking root. (Photo by Wong Maye-E/AP Photo)



In this Saturday, June 25, 2016, file photo, people sit in front of a window display of household items at a department store in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Photo by Wong Maye-E/AP Photo)

In this Saturday, June 25, 2016, file photo, people sit in front of a window display of household items at a department store in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Photo by Wong Maye-E/AP Photo)



In this Monday, June 19, 2017, photo, a young girl and her father shop in the stationery department at the Potonggang department store in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Photo by Wong Maye-E/AP Photo)

In this Monday, June 19, 2017, photo, a young girl and her father shop in the stationery department at the Potonggang department store in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Photo by Wong Maye-E/AP Photo)



In this Monday, June 19, 2017, photo, staff at the Potonggang department store stock shelves with local and imported snacks, mostly from China, in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Photo by Wong Maye-E/AP Photo)

In this Monday, June 19, 2017, photo, staff at the Potonggang department store stock shelves with local and imported snacks, mostly from China, in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Photo by Wong Maye-E/AP Photo)



In this Monday, June 19, 2017, photo, boys ride an escalator which takes them to the household items and stationery section of the Potonggang department store in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Photo by Wong Maye-E/AP Photo)

In this Monday, June 19, 2017, photo, boys ride an escalator which takes them to the household items and stationery section of the Potonggang department store in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Photo by Wong Maye-E/AP Photo)



In this Monday, June 19, 2017, photo, staff members walk toward the escalators of the Potonggang department store in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Photo by Wong Maye-E/AP Photo)

In this Monday, June 19, 2017, photo, staff members walk toward the escalators of the Potonggang department store in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Photo by Wong Maye-E/AP Photo)



In this Monday, June 19, 2017, photo, Song Un Pyol, manager at the Potonggang department store stands in the snacks aisle while being interviewed by The Associated Press in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Photo by Wong Maye-E/AP Photo)

In this Monday, June 19, 2017, photo, Song Un Pyol, manager at the Potonggang department store stands in the snacks aisle while being interviewed by The Associated Press in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Photo by Wong Maye-E/AP Photo)



In this Monday, June 19, 2017, photo, a couple browse through the frozen foods section at the Potonggang department store in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Photo by Wong Maye-E/AP Photo)

In this Monday, June 19, 2017, photo, a couple browse through the frozen foods section at the Potonggang department store in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Photo by Wong Maye-E/AP Photo)



In this Monday, June 19, 2017, photo, cashiers stand at checkout counters waiting to serve customers at the Potonggang department store in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Photo by Wong Maye-E/AP Photo)

In this Monday, June 19, 2017, photo, cashiers stand at checkout counters waiting to serve customers at the Potonggang department store in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Photo by Wong Maye-E/AP Photo)



In this Monday, June 19, 2017, photo, a boy stands in the aisle at the Potonggang department store in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Photo by Wong Maye-E/AP Photo)

In this Monday, June 19, 2017, photo, a boy stands in the aisle at the Potonggang department store in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Photo by Wong Maye-E/AP Photo)



In this Monday, June 19, 2017, photo, a staff member is seen reflected in a mirror for sale at the Potonggang department store in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Photo by Wong Maye-E/AP Photo)

In this Monday, June 19, 2017, photo, a staff member is seen reflected in a mirror for sale at the Potonggang department store in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Photo by Wong Maye-E/AP Photo)



In this Monday, June 19, 2017, photo, cashiers work at the Potonggang department store in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Photo by Wong Maye-E/AP Photo)

In this Monday, June 19, 2017, photo, cashiers work at the Potonggang department store in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Photo by Wong Maye-E/AP Photo)



In this photo taken on July 21, 2017, swimmer Ri Song-Hui (21) poses for a portrait at the Munsu Water Park in Pyongyang. (Photo by Ed Jones/AFP Photo)

In this photo taken on July 21, 2017, swimmer Ri Song-Hui (21) poses for a portrait at the Munsu Water Park in Pyongyang. (Photo by Ed Jones/AFP Photo)



In this photo taken on July 29, 2017, people walk up stairs before a propaganda poster showing Korean People's Army (KPA) soldiers at a museum in Sinchon, south of Pyongyang. (Photo by Ed Jones/AFP Photo)

In this photo taken on July 29, 2017, people walk up stairs before a propaganda poster showing Korean People's Army (KPA) soldiers at a museum in Sinchon, south of Pyongyang. (Photo by Ed Jones/AFP Photo)



Soldiers march across Kim Il Sung Square during a military parade Saturday, April 15, 2017, in Pyongyang, North Korea to celebrate the 105th birth anniversary of Kim Il Sung, the country's late founder and grandfather of current ruler Kim Jong Un. (Photo by Wong Maye-E/AP Photo)

Soldiers march across Kim Il Sung Square during a military parade Saturday, April 15, 2017, in Pyongyang, North Korea to celebrate the 105th birth anniversary of Kim Il Sung, the country's late founder and grandfather of current ruler Kim Jong Un. (Photo by Wong Maye-E/AP Photo)



In this April 16, 2017, file photo, a young girl in traditional dress walks past an elderly woman at the Central Zoo, in Pyongyang, North Korea. A generational divide is quietly growing in North Korea. For generations, propaganda about the Kim family was all that most North Koreans knew, a mythology of powerful but tender-hearted rulers who protect their people against a hostile world. Many older North Koreans feel that emotional tug. (Photo by Wong Maye-E/AP Photo)

In this April 16, 2017, file photo, a young girl in traditional dress walks past an elderly woman at the Central Zoo, in Pyongyang, North Korea. A generational divide is quietly growing in North Korea. For generations, propaganda about the Kim family was all that most North Koreans knew, a mythology of powerful but tender-hearted rulers who protect their people against a hostile world. Many older North Koreans feel that emotional tug. (Photo by Wong Maye-E/AP Photo)



This picture taken on August 10, 2017 and released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on August 13, 2017 shows North Korean working youth and university students queueing to sign petitions to join or rejoin the Korean People's Army after the UN Security Council's “sanctions resolution”. (Photo by AFP Photo/KCNA)

This picture taken on August 10, 2017 and released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on August 13, 2017 shows North Korean working youth and university students queueing to sign petitions to join or rejoin the Korean People's Army after the UN Security Council's “sanctions resolution”. (Photo by AFP Photo/KCNA)



This photo taken on August 12, 2016 shows a waitress carrying jugs of beer to guests before the opening of the Pyongyang Taedonggang Beer Festival on the banks of the Taedong river in Pyongyang. (Photo by Kim Won- Jin/AFP Photo)

This photo taken on August 12, 2016 shows a waitress carrying jugs of beer to guests before the opening of the Pyongyang Taedonggang Beer Festival on the banks of the Taedong river in Pyongyang. (Photo by Kim Won- Jin/AFP Photo)



In this Sunday, April 16, 2017, photo, two young North Korean boys wearing baseball caps walk down a street in Pyongyang, North Korea. On the streets there are young women in not-quite mini-skirts and teenage boys with baseball hats cocked sideways, K-pop style. A generational divide is quietly growing in North Korea, often hidden behind relentless propaganda. (Photo by Wong Maye-E/AP Photo)

In this Sunday, April 16, 2017, photo, two young North Korean boys wearing baseball caps walk down a street in Pyongyang, North Korea. On the streets there are young women in not-quite mini-skirts and teenage boys with baseball hats cocked sideways, K-pop style. A generational divide is quietly growing in North Korea, often hidden behind relentless propaganda. (Photo by Wong Maye-E/AP Photo)



In this Wednesday, April 12, 2017, photo, waitresses wait outside a restaurant in Pyongyang, North Korea. A generational divide is quietly growing in North Korea, often hidden behind relentless propaganda. On the streets there are young women in not-quite mini-skirts and teenage boys with baseball hats cocked sideways, K-pop style. (Photo by Wong Maye-E/AP Photo)

In this Wednesday, April 12, 2017, photo, waitresses wait outside a restaurant in Pyongyang, North Korea. A generational divide is quietly growing in North Korea, often hidden behind relentless propaganda. On the streets there are young women in not-quite mini-skirts and teenage boys with baseball hats cocked sideways, K-pop style. (Photo by Wong Maye-E/AP Photo)



In this April 9, 2017, photo, university student Ryu Hye Gyong, 19, fixes her hair at a mass dance event in Pyongyang, North Korea. A generational divide is quietly growing in North Korea, often hidden behind relentless propaganda. (Photo by Wong Maye-E/AP Photo)

In this April 9, 2017, photo, university student Ryu Hye Gyong, 19, fixes her hair at a mass dance event in Pyongyang, North Korea. A generational divide is quietly growing in North Korea, often hidden behind relentless propaganda. (Photo by Wong Maye-E/AP Photo)
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