From: "John Beamish" 

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15947626/?GT1=8717

WASHINGTON - The Bush administration wants North Koreaƒ ™s attention, so
like a scolding parent itƒ ™s trying to make it tougher for that countryƒ
™s eccentric leader to buy iPods, plasma televisions and Segway electric
scooters.

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...  U.S. officials acknowledge that enforcing the ban on black-market
trading would be difficult.

The population in North Korea, one of the worldƒ ™s most isolated
economies, is impoverished and routinely suffers widescale food shortages.
The new trade ban would forbid U.S. shipments there of Rolexes, French
cognac, plasma TVs, yachts and more ƒ ” all items favored by Kim but
unattainable by most of the country.

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