In a Starving Nation, Luxury for a Few – New York Times (blog), by CHOE SANG-HUN

SEOUL, South Korea — The South Korean news media, which scrutinizes every photo of the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, zeroed in this week on one particular photo released by the North’s state-run media on Tuesday. It shows Mr. Kim watching an art performance by soldiers during a military visit, the first reported in the