--- Wojtek Sokolowski <sokol at jhu.edu> wrote:
>
> Do not get me wrong - I am not defending North Korea
> - all I am saying is
> that we should view information coming from
> defectors and repeated by
> Western media that love to hate certain kinds of
> regimes while turning their
> blind eye on others with a healthy does of
> skepticism.
>
> Wojtek
FWIW (not much) an acquaintance of my mine got back from a tourist trip to Pyongyang about a month ago. He says it's the most beautiful city he's seen in Asia.
The itinerary was worked out to the hour and he was accompanied by a KGB-type guy at all times.
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