Editing Economy of North Korea (section)

===The latest trends===
{{see also|Byungjin}}
''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]'' reported that [[Kim Jong-un|Kim]]'s previous propaganda has shifted focus toward [[patriotism]] and the economy, and improving its relationships with China, South Korea, and the United States. The state-run television promoted a song of praise to the National flag by airing videos with images that included the flag being raised September 2018, during mass games events, marking North Korea's 70th anniversary. In the video, brief images of troops, fighter jets releasing blue, red, and white smoke, scattered pictures of civilians, new high-rise apartments in the capital, fireworks displays, and even students in their school uniforms can all be seen at the same event.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/flagging-prosperity-north-korea-moves-on-from-displays-of-force-20190208-p50wjl.html |title=Flagging prosperity: North Korea moves on from displays of force |website=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=February 8, 2019 |access-date=February 28, 2019 |archive-date=February 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228065805/https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/flagging-prosperity-north-korea-moves-on-from-displays-of-force-20190208-p50wjl.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

The ''[[South China Morning Post]]'', in a 2019 article, stated that already there is also some economical and cultural revolution happening recently within North Korea itself. It started in earnest in February 2018, during the [[2018 Winter Olympics|Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games]], when top musicians from North Korea were sent to perform in South Korea. This included a female quintet who performed in black shorts and red tops. After two months, Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un saw the performance of South Korean girl group, [[Red Velvet (group)|Red Velvet]]. This is the first ever [[K-pop]] show to be held in Pyongyang. The North Korean musicians that performed in South Korea were highly praised for their performance that leader Kim decided to send them to Beijing for another goodwill tour in January 2019. Part of the revolution was the introduction of other cultures, including Western, which was previously believed to be vulgar and quite corrupt in the past, but is now slowly making its way to the North Korean people. Second-hand [[Harry Potter]] books can now be read at the National Library, and [[Bollywood|Bollywood films]] like the ''[[Three Idiots]]'' had just had a run in their cinemas. The changes have also found their way to the economic sector with factories that are also producing products that are associated more with the West, like [[Air Jordan|Air Jordan shoes]], for national consumption.
<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.scmp.com/culture/music/article/2185987/harry-potter-bollywood-hot-pants-and-k-pop-north-korea-kim-jong-uns |title= Harry Potter, Bollywood, hot pants and K-pop: in North Korea, Kim Jong-un's cultural revolution gathers speed |website= South China Morning Post |date= February 14, 2019 |access-date= February 28, 2019 |archive-date= February 28, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190228015432/https://www.scmp.com/culture/music/article/2185987/harry-potter-bollywood-hot-pants-and-k-pop-north-korea-kim-jong-uns |url-status= live }}</ref>

Per the amendments made to the Constitution in 2019, the former economic methods of management, Ch'ŏngsan-ni in agriculture and Taean in the industries, were now phased out altogether.

After the 8th Party Congress, Kim Byung-yeon of the Seoul National University said that, between 2017 and 2019, the North Korean GDP decreased by 10% and, in 2020, the North Korean GDP decreased by 5%.