ARTICLE: North Korea revalues currency, destroying personal savings, By Blaine Harden, Washington Post, December 2, 2009

Kim's evil and greed know no bounds. He wipes out the personal savings of citizens with a brutal revaluation:

The currency move appeared to be part of a continuing government crackdown on private markets, which have become an essential part of the food-supply system in the chronically hungry North.

Nice, yes?

But when the national economy is your personal piggy bank, no such concerns stand in your way.