North Korea's elite spending thousands of dollars on weddings, source says

Thursday, September 24, 2015 - 14:00 in Astronomy & Space

Elizabeth ShimSEOUL, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- Restaurants in North Korea catering to the elite are booming, and sources say North Koreans are paying for extravagant wedding celebrations in U.S. dollars.

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