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Trenitti (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
the pepole are so enchanted that im happy to live in sweden and can think on my own
redmustang03 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
The whole thing is holding that country together is the sympathy donations from other countries. We all know they have no economy, nothing to add to the world except for their nuclear weapon technology. Hopefully when all the family members of Kim Il Sung die someday that the country wises up but that won't happen. I just hope that North and South will reunify someday just like with Germany.
agentr777 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I feel so bad after watching this.... i m so lucky...
LittleMasterEm (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I wish there was something that can be done...God bless...
trigga1uk (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
That place would freak me out, they have no idea that every tourist is more critical of things than north koreans. Its pretty obvious to see that the whole place is freaky as hell and rampant propoganda.
trigga1uk (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
leaflet drops, information is a much more deadly weapon. The people have been told to expect an attack and to hate the americans. Give them a reason to like the americans - that will really f**k with their heads. fly over the country and drop food and dvd players and ipods. Youll have a revolution and that fat little man swinging from a lamp post in no time.
chadheroman (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
lets see, live in North Korea, or put a gun to my head???? Well Smith & Wessin just got a new customer
jjohnston73 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Many may still brainwashed but I think there is evidence that they are catching on. Since the famine of the 1990s, 500,000 North Koreans have fled to China. Most have returned and some have made multiple return trips, bringing back startling evidence of life on the outside. A survey of 1,300 NKs in Chinas border provinces shows 60% saw deaths due to beating or torture. I think they know something isnt right. Whether they would risk their family to do anything about it is another matter.
kirby4d (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
They've had paper and pencil since Kim Il Sung took power. Both are meaningless. If they have no tapes, cameras. Even if they do, it's impossible to disseminate for fear that you will be discovered and "vaporized". I'm confident the vast vast majority believe in all the mythology. People believe in an invisible man despite being shown how it simply is illogical, why not something more tangible?
jjohnston73 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
kirby4d I understand your point but I don't think this is completely true. The Oct 3rd issue of The Economist has an in-depth article on "The Two Koreas". It describes how VCRs and low-cost elecontronics have made their way into North Korea via the black market and exposed the lies NK has so long told about life outside their borders. Also, many NKs have had family members imprisoned and tortured. I do agree N. Koreans probably cannot fathom a grocery isle with 20 brands of toothpaste. |
