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NORTH KOREAN DELEGATION TO CHEJU DEMANDS FULL PAYMENT (link courtesy of Seeing Eye Blog)

A North Korean delegation to an all-peninsula peace festival in Jeju refused to depart for Pyeongyang as scheduled Monday night after the group demanded money for its appearance.
Following a discussion with South Korean officials and festival organizers that left the issue unresolved, the visitors left early yesterday.
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North Korea originally promised to send 400 delegates, but only 190 turned up.
South Korea was going to pay $1.2 million of the total with goods such as television sets and refrigerators, but then when the North Koreans reduced its delegation, the festival officials cut the amount of goods to half.

Sounds as if they're picking up this capitalism thing after all.