Friday 28 April 2006

Living it up in the DPRK

Good satire. "Light relief for the weekend." That's how Owen McShane describes this fun-filled travelogue of North Korea from three wide-eyed young humourists entering this delightful workers' paradise from the 'outside world.' The scene is set beautifully:
Upon arriving at Pyongyang airport you realise exactly where you are. The proud, smiling face of the former ‘Great Leader’ Kim Il Sung’s portrait hangs above the only, relatively small and calm terminal. On each side of the airport runway, peasant farmers tend to dry fields which have only recently defrosted after a long, freezing winter...
Delightful. Ah for Pyongyang now that spring is here! Owen is quite sure it's intended as ironic humour. It is, isn't it?

LINKS: Six Days with three Kiwi Students in the DPRK - Nick Healy, Scoop

TAGS: Socialism, Humour

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

It is a shame they had return tickets.

Libertyscott said...

Hmmmm, you'd hope it was humour - as if the country is a great joke instead of a grotesque revolting prison.

Libertyscott said...

Nothing like an exceptionally well designed road system because:

A: Pyongyang was flattened in the Korean War;
B: The state owns all land and can build and destroy at will; and
C: Private citizens almost never can own a car.

Whimpering little simpletons haven't a clue. Bet they loved the absence of crime and poverty in the street too - such a great system