"Like we did in the past, we can survive without south Korea!!" (Rodong Shinmun wrote before y'day in connection to the current N-S trouble)

Yeah, exactly, as we can see it here:

Preparing the spring farming season 2008 ("collective farm" in Hamgyeong buk-do)

Well, likely we missed something: Possibly some days ago Kim Jong-il introduced the N.K. style GLASNOST, the KWP was liquidated and Rodong Shinmun, the former KWP central newspaper, turned into a satirical magazine.. or whatever..^^