A rare inside look of north korea

[twboy1999]

http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums...ad.php?t=82755


http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=200578

[gigdy]

That hotel they gave up on was pretty cool looking

[lorbmw69]

amazing. i'd love to go there. i wonder if i could use my irish passport??

[spanky]

Thanks for the link twboy.

Interesting Trip and Pictures he has there.

Cheers

[Mattk]

Yeah, I had some family friends who visited N. Korea several years ago. Back then, it was absolutely desolate: driving to the hotel from the airport, no-one was on the road; they were the only two in the hotel etc. They were also treated like royalty wherever they went. The guides and driver are actually mid-ranking Party members, probably spies. I assume most of the hefty price of the trip went straight into Kim Jong Il's hands.

[Max Power]

haha, - "NK is a perfect recreation of 1950"

islotaion is not really working out for NK...

[dutchmasterflex]

Awesome photoessay.. I really want to do somethin like this.. I think my first country will be Israel.

Thanks twboy

[TT]

Thanks for the links!

Originally Posted by gigdy That hotel they gave up on was pretty cool looking

Indeed, I always save no pics of it when I found them! One of the most impressive buildings ever. And kinda scary to think it stands there, dark.. empty... surely haunted

[RC45]

There was a docu on TV a few years back showed this and much more.

I mentioned it in a post years ago, but people just accused me of being a commie hating yank who did not know shit.

Even worse than what the pictures show, is that school childern are taught that the Korean war is still waging, and that the US and South Korea (and the rest of the west) have nukes massed on the border and are about to attack at any minute - therefore you must pledge to be willing to kill Americans if called upon because they are/were the agressors and this war will not end until we anihilate them. (paraphrased - but essentially the curriculum)

[dutchmasterflex]

Originally Posted by RC45 There was a docu on TV a few years back showed this and much more. I mentioned it in a post years ago, but people just accused me of being a commie hating yank who did not know shit. Even worse than what the pictures show, is that school childern are taught that the Korean war is still waging, and that the US and South Korea (and the rest of the west) have nukes massed on the border and are about to attack at any minute - therefore you must pledge to be willing to kill Americans if called upon because they are/were the agressors and this war will not end until we anihilate them. (paraphrased - but essentially the curriculum)

Education is probably one of the worst types of warfare.. I can just imagine how much tainted "history" is getting implanted into the minds of those children in NK.

My parents are products of the US education systems that were imposed during the days of the Philipine-American war...

[Mattk]

The Korean War actually still is going on. It's just a state of permanent ceasefire.

[evoWalo]

If I recall correctly the US educational system has no mention of the Philippine-American war. Maybe it got rolled in with the Spanish-American war.

Originally Posted by dutchmasterflex Education is probably one of the worst types of warfare.. I can just imagine how much tainted "history" is getting implanted into the minds of those children in NK. My parents are products of the US education systems that were imposed during the days of the Philipine-American war...

[Max Power]

^^^
u'd just replace it with meaningless sex and lots of drinking

[dutchmasterflex]

Originally Posted by evoWALO If I recall correctly the US educational system has no mention of the Philippine-American war. Maybe it got rolled in with the Spanish-American war. Originally Posted by dutchmasterflex Education is probably one of the worst types of warfare.. I can just imagine how much tainted "history" is getting implanted into the minds of those children in NK. My parents are products of the US education systems that were imposed during the days of the Philipine-American war...

Exactly my point..

[Sir_GT]

Originally Posted by dutchmasterflex Originally Posted by RC45 There was a docu on TV a few years back showed this and much more. I mentioned it in a post years ago, but people just accused me of being a commie hating yank who did not know shit. Even worse than what the pictures show, is that school childern are taught that the Korean war is still waging, and that the US and South Korea (and the rest of the west) have nukes massed on the border and are about to attack at any minute - therefore you must pledge to be willing to kill Americans if called upon because they are/were the agressors and this war will not end until we anihilate them. (paraphrased - but essentially the curriculum) Education is probably one of the worst types of warfare.. I can just imagine how much tainted "history" is getting implanted into the minds of those children in NK. My parents are products of the US education systems that were imposed during the days of the Philipine-American war...

The Philippines never went to war with the Americans... this country is the most well-known US testicle licker in history.