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Troll_Bait
Joined: 04 Jan 2006
Location: [T]eaching experience doesn't matter much. -Lee Young-chan (pictured)
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 Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 1:13 am Post subject: N.Korea becomes freak museum for Chinese tourists |
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http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200709/200709140013.html
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N.Korea Becoming Tourist Spot for Young Chinese
As the economic gap between China and North Korea widens, more and more young Chinese people are traveling to North Korea to see the sort of poverty their parents endured, China's Xinkuai Bao reported on Thursday.
About thirty years ago, before Deng Xiaoping began reforms, China's economy was similar to that of North Korea. But now youngsters from China which is brightly illuminated at night are visiting North Korea where the electricity is cut off after dark.
The tourists usually go by train to North Korea through the Chinese border city of Dandong. The Chinese youngsters look different from their North Korean counterparts, with their trendy clothes, digital cameras, and loud laughter at tourist attractions like Panmunjon.
North Korean authorities ask the tourists to use the euro, but the Chinese prefer to use the Chinese yuan. That means the yuan is now accepted as hard currency at most sightseeing spots in North Korea. |
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as-ian
Joined: 04 Sep 2007
Location: Busan, South Korea
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| Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 1:21 am Post subject: |
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| I dont even know how i should respond to that, except for writing out the fact that i dont know how to respond to that. Wow, that seemed redundant. ^^ |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 1:24 am Post subject: |
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| When I was in Beijing last year I was shocked by how dark the city was at night time. People had electricity, but it seemed like they used it sparingly. Restaurants and even homes were dim, and there weren't that many ads around. I assume Shanghai is much different though. |
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King Baeksu
Joined: 22 Oct 2006
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This is an old story. When I was in Pyongyang and Kaesong in 2005 there were heaps of Chinese tourists there. Also in 2007 when I was there again. The Chinese tourists tend to be very loud and pushy and like throw their money at tourist crap there.
There are so many Chinese tourists there because this is what they do to Americans in North Korea:
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Bernard_Carleton
Joined: 30 Mar 2006
Location: Out in the open, but you can't see me.
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| Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 1:49 am Post subject: |
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That is excellent! Nice stamp.
Did you get any grief coming back into SK after visiting the Norks? |
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King Baeksu
Joined: 22 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 2:00 am Post subject: |
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| Bernard_Carleton wrote: |
| That is excellent! Nice stamp. |
Thanks, there are more here: http://www.kingbaeksu.com/board.htm
How does one say, "Like a broken record" in Korean?
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| Did you get any grief coming back into SK after visiting the Norks? |
The Norks don't stamp foreign passports because they know how toxic they are to the rest of the world.
When I tell South Koreans I've been to the North they usually just say "Oh..." and then quickly fall silent. They seem to not be very sure how they are supposed to respond.
Da Nile is not just a river in Africa. |
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Dev
Joined: 18 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 5:32 am Post subject: |
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That's so funny that Kim Jeong il wants Chinese tourists to use the EURO instead of the Yuan.
Maybe he wants to buy some European luxury goods.
BTW, I am wondering if in the future the Chinese won't help NK in changing into a capitalist economy. They have the expertise and I am sure many Chinese business people (I mean low level entrepaneurs) might want to move to NK because they see it as a less competitive place market than the Chinese one. And if the NK gov. gets smart and taxes these people, it will be good for them too. The influx of rich Chinese tourists might be the catalist for change in NK. |
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Dev
Joined: 18 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 5:36 am Post subject: |
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| RACETRAITOR wrote: |
| When I was in Beijing last year I was shocked by how dark the city was at night time. People had electricity, but it seemed like they used it sparingly. Restaurants and even homes were dim, and there weren't that many ads around. I assume Shanghai is much different though. |
They may have an environmental program that forces people to cut down on energy consumption.
China's standards for car emissions are actually higher than that of the U.S. so America can't sell its cars there. I saw that it Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth. |
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unknown9398
Joined: 03 Nov 2006
Location: Yeongcheon, S. Korea
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| Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 5:39 am Post subject: |
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| King Baeksu wrote: |
There are so many Chinese tourists there because this is what they do to Americans in North Korea:
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Correction: That's what they'd LIKE to do. |
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Jeju Rocks
Joined: 23 Aug 2004
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| Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 7:42 am Post subject: |
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Talk about being in the dark. Have you ever lived in an office-tel? About 1 light bulb for every 3 floors. Elevators that stop at alternate floors. Wrong numbers on the telephone 10 times a day. Bathrooms so small that I can't even get my butt into.
Just made 3 ska discs but there are no song names only artists. Just gonna have to make them up. |
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