Oh, look! Look at the scary communists. Look at them walking to Metro station to go about their day. Look at them stopping to buy groceries from the local shops. Look at the scary communist children playing on the plazas, or goofing around with each other outside. Look at the parents smiling because they don’t need to worry about someone shooting innocent bystanders in one of their schools, or outside of a restaurant or a place of worship.
Sure, maybe the metro trains are a bit old (some even from the 1950’s to be fair) but everything runs as it should. Citizens there are usually assigned jobs by the government and work eight hours a day, with one day off per week. However, some workers may work up to 16 hours a day. Sirens go off at noon to signal when it’s time to eat, rather than sit at their desks to eat. Martial music plays from loudspeakers in towns and all-girl brass bands play to motivate people on their way to work. This may not be everyday, but it seems like a place with its affairs in order. Watch the video. See the people smiling. Perhaps it’s time for the west to reset its compasses.
No, it’s not perfect, but what is? When you look, you’ll see a different picture painted from what you normally see. And if you want to see more, there are tours where you are welcome.
North Korea is to reopen limited international tourism by the end of 2024, nearly five years after it completely sealed the country’s borders due to the Covid-19 pandemic, two tour companies with connections to the isolated country have announced. Beijing-based Koryo Tours and Shenyang-based KTG Tours both made separate online announcements Wednesday, saying tour groups would be allowed to visit the mountainous city of Samjiyon, the purported birthplace of the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.
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