#3713302 - 01/07/13 04:38 AM
A Look Inside North Korea
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http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2013/01/a-look-inside-north-korea/100432/North Korean leader Kim Jong-un assumed his position just over a year ago, following his father's death in late 2011. Under his direction, North Korea has taken some aggressive steps, including launching a rocket despite international condemnation and cracking down even harder on those attempting to flee the country. At the same time, Kim has given a few public indications that the country's "military-first" economy needs to change. And just yesterday, during a New Year's address, he said that "removing confrontation" between North and South Korea was an important step toward reunification. The two nations are still officially at war, having never signed a peace treaty following the end of the Korean War 60 years ago. As South Korea's new president-elect prepares to take office, Kim continues to send mixed messages to the world, declaring 2013 a year of "radical turnabout." The photos of North Korea gathered here were taken recently either by official photographers, or by western photographers under government supervision, their subjects and movement restricted. It's a stark contrast from the images of those in the capital with camera phones and computers and the rest of the country.
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#3713383 - 01/07/13 12:04 PM
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#3713388 - 01/07/13 12:20 PM
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A truck "retro-fitted" to run on burning wood, jeez, Cheers for that Desert Eagle,awesome pics, Mick.
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#3713398 - 01/07/13 12:52 PM
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Those people look miserable.
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#3713426 - 01/07/13 02:25 PM
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#3713469 - 01/07/13 03:23 PM
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North Koreans celebrated the arrival of the new year, marked as "Juche 102" on North Korean calendars. "Juche" means "self reliance," the North Korean ideology of independence promoted by North Korean founder Kim Il Sung, and modern-day North Korean calendars start with the year of his birth in 1912. So, no doubt they will claim the world began in 1912 with 2 giant unicorns dancing on a ball of rock and then the mighty Kim Il Sung appeared and made the earth, and nothing at all happened before that date at all. Ever. And, in photo 9 they are all playing Starcraft with one hand whilst working on the launch with the other!
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#3713495 - 01/07/13 04:32 PM
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A truck "retro-fitted" to run on burning wood, jeez, Cheers for that Desert Eagle,awesome pics, Mick. I wonder...just how? Steam engine? Certainly does not LOOK all that bad, but compared to common outsider views, the truth is usually somewhere in between for matters like this. Most likely much closer to the latter in this case.
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#3713509 - 01/07/13 05:18 PM
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I didn't know he was married. I wonder how they found a 'mate' for him. Match.com or maybe he picked her up in a bar? As bad as life is for the average person in NK, how would you have liked to have been the woman selected to breed with him. I assume it was probably an arranged marriage. Likely it doesn't work that way. Probably someone's daughter in the party or in the KPA. The Kim family is a dynasty that survives on its influence, so they don't go around selecting people they don't know to be his life partner. His concubines, that's a different story...
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#3713522 - 01/07/13 05:49 PM
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They are fundamentally different than any 'Marxist' state we've come across. First, they've deleted all references to Communism from its constitution within the last few years. The mechanism to transfer power is dynastic inheritance- it's more like a state mafia which just pays nominal lip service to whatever ideology it supposedly promotes but just makes its way through fear and cronyism. While Stalin draws comparisons for his brutality and cynicism, they didn't set up a royal court in his family line, nor did they weave in his story into a state mythology like that.
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#3713525 - 01/07/13 06:08 PM
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A truck "retro-fitted" to run on burning wood, jeez, Cheers for that Desert Eagle,awesome pics, Mick. I wonder...just how? Steam engine? Certainly does not LOOK all that bad, but compared to common outsider views, the truth is usually somewhere in between for matters like this. Most likely much closer to the latter in this case. Wood gas, probably http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood_gasThere is a pic of a N.K. truck in that article.
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