Monday morning roundup

North Korea is hurting, especially outside of Pyongyang.

You know things are bad when I start siding with McDonalds. Take this article on the abuse and harassment that many Pakistani women endure from their families and others when they seek (menial) work outside the home:

At work, some women spend more time deflecting abuse from customers than serving them. On the way home, they are heckled in buses and condemned by neighbors. It is so common for brothers to confiscate their uniforms that McDonald’s provides women with three sets.

Argentinian squatters force the Kirchner government to reconcile ideology with pragmatism. Or at least choose one.

Santos is Not Uribe.

Paul Krugman writes that rising commodity prices are the result of global recovery.

Jon Stewart, by virtue of his role in the Zadroga bill, is drawing comparisons to Cronkite and Morrow.

Greener refrigerators are coming but they're gonna be pricey for a while.

Fred Hiatt marvels that counter-obesity initiatives have been made partisan.

The Times Opinionator on forgiveness.

Ask Amy on clueless parents and sanctimommies.

Moviegoers are apparently holding filmmakers to account in terms of quality. Meanwhile, Manga students are flocking to Japan.