My trip to North Korea - Page 3

On October 12 2011 21:39 Velr wrote:


A guided tour to North Korea is nothing really "hard/difficult" for most europeans? At least my "lonely planet" said so and tehse are normally right?

On October 12 2011 20:55 borny wrote:
And you guys do realize the Mass Games are pretty much the same every year?

On October 12 2011 18:36 DNB wrote:
Hello, as a beginner Korean learner myself, I managed to translate some of the propaganda posters and just thought to share a few of them — The others I could not fully read due to the text extending out of the photo or just small font.




위대한 어머니당에 최대의 영광을!
Literally: The biggest honor for the great Labor Party!




일심단결을 더욱 강화하자!
Let's keep strengthening our unity!




1st poster (second line): 세계적인 도시로 훌륭히 꾸리자!
Lit: Let's gloriously pack up for the global city (Not sure about the first line since I could not translate 평잉)

2nd poster: 혁명의 수뇌부(를/들) 중심으로 천만군인이 일심단결하자!
This one was more difficult, literally something along the lines of: Let's unify our tens of millions of people by the very heart of our revolutionary leading members of the government!

I tried translating posters 3 and 4 but they came off as too vague and 5th was too small to read clearly. Maybe someone fluent in Korean can clarify.


Edit: Also a question, what kind of a job are you engaging in in China, and how did you get it?

On October 12 2011 23:04 mTw|NarutO wrote:
The propaganda is scary.. and alarming if you ask me. Reminds me:

On October 13 2011 00:47 Cambium wrote:
Was it a guided tour (i.e. you were shown what you were supposed to see) or was it more of a free-for-all tour?

Anyway, people in PY are extremely well off comparative to other parts of North Korea.

On October 13 2011 10:11 SpoR wrote:
cool pics. Did you ask any questions when you were on the tour or did you just observe?
I'd probably ask open ended questions a few times but also be scared shitless asking them.

On October 12 2011 18:12 Synwave wrote:
Really curious what that last photo is of with all the boomboxes. A class of some sort but if so why the gear?

Neat pictures and a tiny little window into N. Korea, thank you for this.

On October 13 2011 10:41 borny wrote:

Yeh I asked a ton of questions. I made sure never to argue though.

I asked things like "Why can't the people use Internet?", "Why can't we travel freely?", "Why do you have nuclear capability?"

All answers were always vague and had something to do with protecting the North Korean population.

On October 13 2011 11:37 Xeris wrote:


Tbh, 'why do you have nuclear capability' is a really dumb question... Uh, cuz it's the world's strongest deterrent?

Just thought that was random...
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On October 12 2011 23:51 borny wrote:


Thanks for those man, I'd no idea what they were saying!

To answer your question. I'm teaching English to primary students as well as a few High School classes. I got the job by googling, it is actually really easy. They need a lot of foreign teachers here; I basically get job offers ever month...