N. Koreans watch electronic products at Pyongyang Trade Fair

A woman points at a flat-screen TV on sale at the 16th Pyongyang Spring International Trade Fair at the Three-Revolution Exhibition Hall in Pyongyang, North Korea, Wednesday, May 15, 2013. The fair featured North Korean goods as well as products from China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Germany, Switzerland, Australia and Italy, including washing machines, tablet computers and TVs. The popularity of electronic products at the exhibition reflected a growing interesting in appliances and technology in North Korea, despite the country’s chronic power shortage problem.

North Koreans stop at an exhibition booth displaying washing machines made by a Chinese company, in Pyongyang, North Korea, Wednesday, May 15, 2013.

Young North Koreans take a closer look at the Samjiyon tablet computer produced for the North Korean market for sale at the 16th Pyongyang Spring International Trade Fair in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Wednesday, May 15, 2013. <AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin>