There's some liberalism in there but it's mostly a good article. they say their guides studied in rome for five years yet also say DPRK is oppressive lol
I can't fucking study in Rome and I live in the US!
You see in the states it is customary for architects to permanently reside in buildings they design to answer any tourists questions. Those darn north koreans don't know shit about hospitality!
American news: We're here for a rare and exclusive look at North Korean life. We have a rare chance to interview everday North Korean. Sir, what do you do for a living?
Korean Man: I'm an architect, I designed that building over there. Isn't it nice? It's based on a fusion of Italian ideas with our homegrown architectural ideas!
American news: No Kim killed that guy. Why is Kim pretending?
Kim killed that guy before falling into a coma and dying again. Very fucked up they keep bringing him back to life just for him to murder another poor architect.
We were in North Korea on Nov. 9, 2016, with no access to the news, and our guides — surprisingly — informed us about the election of Donald Trump. We met the architect who designed the new Pyongyang airport (which was a surprise, as some media reports said he had been killed because Kim Jong Un didn’t like the design), and we discovered that he spoke perfect Italian, having studied in Rome for five years.
"Wow we thought that the people were starving and uneducated, and at risk of execution by the Kims for any minor inconvenience. Turns out that many of them are educated, and that they are aware of major global events!! [Could it be that the news.... lied??]"
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/26/opinion/sunday/architecture-north-korea-pyongyang.html
https://imgur.com/a/3xAwhR0
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Nope objection withdrawn this is amazing and the authors aren't doing propaganda.
There's some liberalism in there but it's mostly a good article. they say their guides studied in rome for five years yet also say DPRK is oppressive lol
I can't fucking study in Rome and I live in the US!
they also say they met a guy who supposed to be dead.
North Korean Rep: We built a new building, it's beautiful look at it.
American News: Ooooh, can we talk to the architect?
NKR: He's not here right now sorry.
AN: Did Kim kill the architect?
NKR: No he's just not here right now.
AN: Kim killed him.
Meanwhile the architect is playing in the park with his kids or something.
You see in the states it is customary for architects to permanently reside in buildings they design to answer any tourists questions. Those darn north koreans don't know shit about hospitality!
3 years later:
American news: We're here for a rare and exclusive look at North Korean life. We have a rare chance to interview everday North Korean. Sir, what do you do for a living?
Korean Man: I'm an architect, I designed that building over there. Isn't it nice? It's based on a fusion of Italian ideas with our homegrown architectural ideas!
American news: No Kim killed that guy. Why is Kim pretending?
Kim killed that guy before falling into a coma and dying again. Very fucked up they keep bringing him back to life just for him to murder another poor architect.
"Wow we thought that the people were starving and uneducated, and at risk of execution by the Kims for any minor inconvenience. Turns out that many of them are educated, and that they are aware of major global events!! [Could it be that the news.... lied??]"