and now for our "what in the world" segment. you know the tough economic times have affected all countries, from the united states to the united kingdom to greece. many countries have had to pay back loans and found themselves strapped for cash. but perhaps no one has come up with as ingenious a solution as north korea. apparently, back in the cold war north korea bought a bunch of heavy equipment from then czechoslovakia. trucks and machines and the like. and they never paid for it. now, decades later, the north koreans have come to the now czech republic with a proposal to repay part of their debt. the north koreans owed $10 million but they were only willing and able to pay $500,000 of that. oh, and did the czechs mind if the north koreans paid them in ginseng?