Pyongyang has surged ahead of the rest of the country, the kleptocrats have grown stronger, and canny traders have joined a fledgling class of nouveaux riches.

一城独大，贪官污吏与日俱增，各路奸商跻身于新出现的暴发户阶层。

Firstly, in retrospect, nearly all the targets of human-powered search are directed to those who violated moral rules of our society, or are corrupted officials.

首先，回顾事件，肉搜索的几乎所有目标都是那些违反社会道德标准的，或是贪官污吏。

That has helped trigger a craving for the material trappings of the modern world, and the flow of such contraband goods from China to the North Korean border, orchestrated or waved on by corrupt officials.

加速了西方的和演变，并助长了由贪官污吏幕后操纵的中朝走私交易。