struggle to find enough food to eat every day. 27% of the children are stunted from malnutrition. still, in this country of 24 million, some signs of change, mostly in the capital -- pyongyang -- where the country's elite live. 2 million north koreans now have cell phones and even though government crackdowns attempted to stop smuggled foreign dvds and books from coming in, 70% of north koreans have seen a video or reading so from the outside world. the biggest change may be the black market thriving around the country. >> once you let in the market, once you let in cell phones, they never go away. they only grow. so one hopes that this will eventually have an impact certainly on society but also how the politicians and the leaders deal with that society. >> reporter: just this saturday during a speech before the parade, the country's top military officer said the armed forces must support the urgent task of rebuilding the economy and improving living standards.