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Derrek · Joined: 15 Jan 2003

Someone posted on Dave's some time ago that he did work in North Korea for 6 months. His post wasn't long, but it was quite interesting. He mentioned that when he arrived, his bags were taken from him and not returned until he left. He also said that the student papers were all topics like, "How the rest of the world could benefit from the teachings of our glorious leader..."

He also said there were no lights for the students to study by at night, other than the lights shining on the statues of the "glorious leader", so the students would congregate and read around those.

He said that he was very happy to get out of there, although it was a fascinating experience he will never forget.

Medic · Joined: 11 Mar 2003

There are a lot of multinational countries doing buisness up there on the sly. An issue of the Asian Economic News listed companies from Australia, canada,the U.S.A and England who were doing buisness up there of soughts. Apparently North Korea is not so hermetic as we are led to believe.
The students at the universites namely Kym Iil Sung University spend a great deal of their time analyzing the analects of their dear leader more than they do anything else. Now a big joke amongst the South Koreans is that the sooner we have unification the better, because there are more women in the North, but too many men in the south. Many Koreans are also worried that because of their mania for preserving the outdated myth of homogeneity, the people through intermarrying with their own kind will eventually make Korea a country of haemophilic lunatics.

Derrek · Joined: 15 Jan 2003

Maybe that would explain the abundance of odd fingers, tiny pinkys, and other physical abnormalties? Too much interbreeding?

ohahakehte · Joined: 24 Aug 2003 Location: The State of Denial

mithridates · Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2003 7:14 am Post subject:

I think it's worth it to pay some money to go visit a brutal regime if you can get back in one piece and tell others what it was like. If it's just for the sake of having a bit of travel then the money spent isn't really doing anybody any good, but if you can write a book from the experience afterwards it's definately money well spent, whether it keeps the regime in power for another few minutes or not.
Because books are powerful!

waggo · Joined: 18 May 2003 Location: pusan baby!

Ilsanman · Joined: 15 Aug 2003 Location: Bucheon, Korea

Too much risk, and I know my *beep* government wouldn't do a damn thing if I got into trouble.

garygoodbloke · Joined: 15 Jan 2007 Location: Sydney, Australia

I know this thread is old but I thought I should post anyway. I went to DPRK in April of 2006 for the Kim Il Sung birthday tour. I did have a moral difficulty in going but I considered other countries I have travelled, and will continue to travel too and how my visit impacts on them. I saw a documentary titled: "A state of mind" and started researching. I then found this website: www.koryogroup.com or .org I think. It was an interesting week to say the least. The most interesting thing I can say about it from my perspective is that it was far less intense than I thought it would be. No moments of grandiose parades and communist decadence to overwhelm the senses. That is not to say any of it detracts from the gavity of what is happening there. The people on the street were amazingly friendly but perfectly shy. Unfortunately I cannot see a solution that involves the place getting any better without getting worse beforehand. I don't want to imagine what that would be. Any questions, feel free to ask, I may even be able to give a photos link. I signed an agreement that I was not a journalist and that I was only a tourist, so please don't republish this irresponsibly, not that I really anticipate that to be an issue.