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North Korean Border Falling Down

 
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Ya-ta Boy



Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994

PostPosted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 4:09 pm    Post subject: North Korean Border Falling Down Reply with quote

I debated where to post this, but decided Off Topic was the best place.

Today's Chosun Ilbo has a fascinating short article about sneaking into a little piece of North Korea. From the sounds of it, the border is weakening.

"The charge for a group of four was 800 yuan (approximately W114,000, US$1=W1,010). Passengers also had to buy some 800 yuan worth of food and other goods. "The more cigarettes, sausage and juice you bring, the more you can enjoy your sightseeing,� the boatman said. �This tour is most popular among Chinese tourists." When the boat reached the midpoint of the river, we could see two North Korean naval vessels lying at anchor 50 m ahead of us. We clearly saw North Korean flags fluttering on them."
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200803/200803210014.html
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tfunk



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 5:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I wonder if any Chinese will youTube their experience.
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Ya-ta Boy



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 8:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It would be fascinating.
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PGF



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 9:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It's weird. Like a theme park,no, a zoo, with humans watching humans.... strange-e
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cdninkorea



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 10:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

tfunk wrote:
I wonder if any Chinese will youTube their experience.


Isn't YouTube banned in China?
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igotthisguitar



Joined: 08 Apr 2003
Location: South Korea (Permanent Vacation)

PostPosted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 12:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

cdninkorea wrote:
tfunk wrote:
I wonder if any Chinese will youTube their experience.

Isn't YouTube banned in China?


With the recent protests & subsequent "crack-down" in TIBET they took it off-line.

Interestingly i searched for TIBET & RIOTS on it last night, & what mostly came up at the top of the search was recently submitted,
quite painfully obvious pro-Chinese pro-PAGAN-da.

Clearly they have a few million agents busy at work Idea
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