>>2428009>North Korea is so oppressiveMate, we are to the point where pacific non-violent demonstators are being arrested by the hundreds as we speak because their org has been deemed "terrorist" by a government that thrived practicing and financing terrorism for centuries at home and abroad, plus you can't even wank on t' interweb anymore unless you show a photographic form of identification. Also, you have the unelected virago who is the head of government of the european union screaming at a protestor that "you would be arrested if you were in ruzzzzzzzia!!!" while police was arresting him, but in Finland.
In my opinion, the truly sensationalist take is thinking we are somewhat "free" and living in a "democracy" here in the bloody west.
>>2428015As a foreigner? No distinction really, both will deport you. There's a non-zero chance of being deported from NK as a veggie, though.
As a citizen? ICE isn't detaining me, but at least I would have some semblance of freedom to resist it and protest. NK security arresting a North Korean citizen is a cold sweat nightmare that only people who lived in dictatorships understand (which doesn't include pasty white incels like you who tank it out to tinpot dictatorships because they wave red flags or something).
>>2428148Sorry dude, they're not liberals. Their system doesn't do "policy dissent", they discuss policy internally within the workers party of korea (like all communist parties) and they don't allow for public criticisms of said policies. The fact that you think that means that the north koreans are oppressed by anyone other than the american imperialists shows how much of a lib you really are
I wonder what you're even doing here. Wouldn't you feel more at home on r/democrats or r/socialdemocracy?
>>2428112>>2428025>>2428015>>2428269It'd be really cool if you guys posted about DPRK stuff more, maybe read the news and so on rather than just to argue with the resident retards, sincerely. :)
>>2428148It's called democratic centralism. You don't have to like the way they've done things but it's fucking worked.
Oh, this is even fucking 28North BTW:
<The meeting also confirmed that the WPK continues to gather opinions from the grassroots level, at least to a certain extent, by holding sector-specific study and consultative meetings. The emphasis on this bottom-up approach is one of the distinguishing characteristics of North Korea under Kim Jong Un, and the North has consistently implemented this practice even during the pandemic.>Local elections to provincial (municipal), city (district) and county people’s assemblies were initially scheduled for this summer but were postponed until late November to await a revision of local electoral law. The Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA) propagated the new law at the end of August. It is far from clear, but the result apparently allows, in certain cases, two candidates—both endorsed by the DFRK—to run against each other. They are supposed to differ from each other in field of work, workplace, professional rank and/or gender, presenting voters seemingly with a choice. Students from the Revolutionary Academy enjoyed a fun day at the Wonsan Kalma Coastal Tourist Area.The Wonsan Kalma Coastal Tourist Area, which promotes the unique charm of our country's premier coastal attraction and presents a spectacle of new civilization and new welfare, was filled with the laughter and romance of the Revolutionary Academy students.
As a loving and caring father to the children of revolutionaries, the respected Marshal Kim Jong Un, who gives them all the best and most wonderful things in the world , took kind measures to ensure that the children of Mangyongdae Revolutionary School, Chilgol Revolutionary School, Nampho Revolutionary School, Saenal Revolutionary School, Donghae School and Sohae School could fully enjoy a pleasant cultural and emotional life through coastal tourism activities.
The students from Mangyongdae Revolutionary School and Chilgol Revolutionary School, who arrived at the Wonsan Kalma Coastal Tourist Area on the 9th, were warmly welcomed by the local staff and employees.
The dazzling scenery of the coastal tourist city, which is a harmonious blend of beauty and art, along with the Galma Peninsula, famous for its beautiful seaside scenery, aroused the children's admiration and led them into a world of endless joy and romance.
The scenery of the scenic spot was unique as children took pictures of themselves swimming in the blue waters of the East Sea, enjoying a ride on a high-speed cruise ship, riding a motorcycle or playing volleyball on the silver sands, and being completely absorbed in the atmosphere of the coast.
The exhilarating feeling of using the colorful water play equipment in each of their different ways naturally led to endless exclamations at the Myeongsa Ship-ri Outdoor Water Playground.
The arcade was also bustling with children who were so absorbed in the exciting entertainment that they lost track of time.
Even as the night deepened, the coastal tourist area, with its enchanting night view, was filled with the cheerful laughter and happy songs of children.
It was a meaningful birthday celebrated at a coastal tourist site with warm congratulations from volunteers and comrades, and the kind hospitality and service received wherever they went left precious memories for the children.
The joyful days spent at the world-renowned cultural resort built by the Mothers' Party were days when the children felt the growing bond between parents and children more deeply. They also fueled their aspirations to love and glorify their homeland, which will become even more dazzling and brilliant as the exemplars of civilization's revival. (End)
<probably the first photos of the new coastal tourist area in use by large groups: http://www.kcna.kp/kp/media/photo/q/1c487ce41cf38d71f8f72436b5363e2ea6919a1c8ec0c93f9e6a92362ab67474.kcmsf >>2432799They uncritically swallow and regurgitate western propaganda against the DPRK. It's not surprising as it is one of the most misrepresented and demonized countries on earth, precisely because they do something different.
In essence people get triggered because the existance of the DPRK stands in heavy contrast to the ideology of our ruling class and thus the ideology of a lot of people
>>2432806TRVKE.
All those opinionated people, all those vocal experts on Norfkoreeah here, Norfkoreeah there don't know crap and they really should start caring about the situation where they live, their town, their region, their country.
You could love it. You could hate it. You could like it. You could dislike it. I don't care. I only care nobody has actually tried to pull a Yugoslavia, a Somalia, an Afghanistan, an Iraq, a Libya, a Syria on them not because they didn't want to, but just because the DPRK is in a position to fight back and make them pay what they deem an untolerable price and they know it very well. And that means the DPRK has been doing something right for many decades, while many others have since bitten the dust.
Who cares about KJU being fat, what's his Beloved Daughter real name or age, how much influence his sister has or whatever. What really matters is a bunch of hypersonic IRBMs are going to pulverise every Burger military facility in the South, in Japan, in Okinawa, in Guam and even farther in a matter of minutes if some dickhead in Washington just try to do something funny.
I liked how he gave them all a hug, it was cute.
Comrade Kim Jong- un 's speech at the national commendation ceremony
Dear Comrade Kim Jong Un delivered a meaningful speech at the ceremony to award state commendations to commanders and combatants of the Korean People's Army's overseas operational units.
The speech is as follows:
Comrades!
Generals, officers, and soldiers!
My beloved comrades!
The moment our Party and government, along with countless families across this country who sent their precious children to battle, have long awaited has finally arrived.
The whole country waited.
This is a moment I myself have been counting down the days until.
I cannot express in words how I feel now, meeting again in such a meaningful setting these great sons, heroes of the nation, who are the pride of our nation and for whom all the people have been waiting.
I express my heartfelt gratitude and the warmest fighting tribute to the commanders and comrades of the overseas operational units who bravely fought as “Koreans” and “Korean People’s Army” even in the haze of gunfire in a foreign land that could determine life or death, and returned proudly with great honor and brilliant military achievements to the fatherland.
Comrades!
I am pleased to announce here today the decree adopted by the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in accordance with the proposal of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and the Central Military Commission to award the title of Hero of the Republic and other high-level commendations to our military generals, officers, and soldiers who performed immortal feats in overseas operations.
This is the first commendation for overseas combat veterans who are the excellent sons of the Korean people and great representatives of the honor of the fatherland.
Our Party Central Committee, with the desire to hold high before the fatherland and people the valiant heroes who have performed feats on foreign battlefields while protecting the sacred authority and dignity of the nation, organized a grand ceremony to award state commendations to comrades at the headquarters building of the Party Central Committee so that the entire nation would respect and uphold them.
This is a special and valuable award given by the country and its people to the honorable victors who have achieved great feats that could not have been achieved without bloody struggle .
Comrades, you deserve this honor and the utmost respect.
Since the time our special operations forces were dispatched overseas, I have been receiving frequent reports on their combat operations, and I have been deeply moved by the noble spirit, unparalleled bravery, and costly sacrifices of our officers and soldiers. I have always urged them to commend them greatly upon their return to the homeland after completing their assigned missions.
As I hold this first award ceremony today, I cannot help but feel regret that I cannot present them all together in this glorious place, as I picture the soldiers who are faithfully carrying out their duties and the martyrs who sacrificed their lives, faithfully following the orders of their country.
It breaks my heart and I am saddened by the reality that we can only see the noble figures who sacrificed their precious lives for great victory and glory through photographs on the wall of remembrance.
I can only imagine how wonderful it would be if they were here with us, having met the most glorious eternity in the shining final moments of their own choosing, and left behind in this building a legacy of achievements and biographies that will be passed down to future generations.
I wanted to warmly embrace all my comrades, for whom I prayed for their safety every moment of every day, and I wanted to personally award hero medals to those who braved the flames carrying the glorious flag, but I am so frustrated that I cannot do so.
Standing before the bereaved families of the fallen soldiers, I am at a loss for words to express the regret and sorrow I feel for not being able to protect the precious sons who trusted us with their lives, their young lives still so young.
I would like to take this opportunity to express my deepest condolences to the bereaved families of the martyrs who sacrificed their noble lives while participating in overseas military operations, and I propose that we all meditate in prayer for their eternal life.
All of our veterans are great men, great heroes, and great patriots.
Through their steadfast struggle and noble sacrifice, the veterans of overseas operations have achieved great feats that will be remembered in history for the eternal prosperity and strength of our country.
Comrade Kim Jong Un proudly stated that the victory achieved by the war veterans was a great feat that firmly defended the great honor of the Korean People's Army that must never be tarnished and provided a firm guarantee for the existence and development of our state, and that it was a victory that would be recorded as a miracle in the history of our military founding and the anti-imperialist revolutionary struggle, and at the same time, it was an event in the history of world war that re-established the logic of a strong nation that had been passed down for thousands of years.
Comrade Kim Jong Un said that the combat activities of overseas operational units representing the armed forces of our Republic in battlefields where the world's attention is focused have fully demonstrated the might of the heroic Korean People's Army, which has achieved victory after victory thanks to its clear superiority in ideology, spirit, and Juche-oriented strategy and tactics, and continued as follows:
What I value most and find most satisfying is that the reputation of the Korean People's Army, known for its invincible victories, has been subjected to the strictest verification in its 70-year history, and the reality of our military's thorough preparation for war has been clearly confirmed.
The key to preparing for war and ensuring victory is to break the enemy's will to fight.
It has now become an established fact that any country's army that faces our army will not be able to avoid the fate of Mujugohon.
Although they fought in a foreign land and the battle they won was outside their own territory, it can be said that the comrades built a high wall of defense over their homeland.
In this sense, the achievements of our comrades are more valuable and precious than the victory in the war fought on our land.
Today's award ceremony is a valuable expression of gratitude and appreciation from our Party, state, and people for the historic feat of perfectly executing the political decisions made by the Party and government for the fate and future of the fatherland and upholding the great honor that all generations of the Republic have built up and upheld for decades.
Comrades!
In this liberated territory, where gunfire raged, traces of fierce battles will soon disappear, and everything will soon be transformed, but the memories of our soldiers' outstanding heroism and noble sacrifice can never be erased or forgotten.
Its greatness and immortality are vividly reflected here in our homeland, thousands of miles away from the battlefield.
The reason we reverently recall the spiritual world of the comrades who contributed to the liberation of the Kursk Territory is because the noble fighting spirit of the heroes we have held so high has become the spirit of all soldiers in the overseas operational units.
The heroism of our overseas operational units, which aroused both envy and concern in many countries, was not limited to a few specific heroes.
In overseas military operations, hundreds of thousands of heroes emerged, surpassing Lee Su-bok, Kang Ho-young, and Jo Gun-sil.
Honestly, I was surprised before the world was surprised.
Whether they were military commanders, political workers, military personnel, interpreters, or security personnel, no matter who they were or what the circumstances, they all fought bravely as one, as one body.
There were no limits to the heroism and sacrifice displayed by rank or age, and there was no distinction between career and record.
The fact that military officers in their 30s and 40s, who went beyond the common belief that the age to block a fireball was 18, stood at the forefront and blocked the enemy's point of contact with their bodies, and did not hesitate to choose the path of self-destruction that would leave no body behind, willingly blocking the bullets flying towards their commanders, gave me a strong shock.
Look at the memorial wall erected here in the Party Central Hall.
So many of our officers, so handsome and handsome, rushed forward to sacrifice themselves and meet a heroic end.
These are truly heroes among heroes, and the overseas operations force should be called a hero unit.
The actions of individual heroes that we once held up as models have now developed into mass movements.
If during the three years of war 70 years ago, about 600 heroes were produced nationwide, then in the overseas military operations carried out by our republic's armed forces, an entire military group became heroic and accomplished in just over six months.
The fundamental secret to the victorious conclusion of this overseas military operation lies not in the exploits of a few outstanding soldiers or heroes, but in the thoroughly popular character of heroism, and in the fact that a noble and beautiful spiritual and moral character firmly dominated the ideological sentiments of all the soldiers of the overseas operation unit.
The thoroughness in executing orders, which is the essence of a soldier, the passion and dedication of patriotism and camaraderie, were all the same, and even when facing the end of life, they were all equally admirable in their morality, knowing how to be faithful to their duty and make choices that were upright in their conscience.
With these extraordinary mental qualities, you comrades have shown the world what makes our army so strong and what are the fundamental factors that ensure its victory in any battle.
This is an event that clearly engraved the concept of a strong army and the law of victory in the history of the times.
I am sure.
No matter which branch or unit of our army had participated in this war, they would have fought like comrades and would have recorded military exploits that would stand alongside the heroic feats of their comrades.
It is my greatest joy and satisfaction to have reconfirmed through you, my comrades, the high level of spiritual and moral character of all the soldiers, and it is the pride and honor of the Workers ' Party of Korea and the government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to have such an army as the pioneers and guardians of their revolutionary cause.
As always, our military continues to live up to its honorable calling as a symbol of the heroic Korean people and a representative of the great Korean people.
A nation protected by a heroic army will forever be strong, and the great cause of advancing with a heroic army in the vanguard will be invincible.
Today's award ceremony has special meaning and weight because it strengthens this conviction.
On this meaningful occasion, I, on behalf of the Party and the Government, once again extend my heartfelt thanks and a militant salute to the soldiers of the overseas operational units who, through fierce battle fire, upheld the Party and the Fatherland's trust in our army and, with their unparalleled heroic fighting spirit and immortal exploits, have brought great honor to the Korean People's Army .
And on this occasion, I would like to send to our brave veterans the words I have recited in my heart a hundred times.
Because of our comrades, because of the heroic soldiers like you who stand guard, this country remains unshaken.
Comrades!
Our Party will unfailingly seek out the military achievements of overseas combat units, etched in red blood on every battlefield in foreign lands, and hold them high before their parents, wives, and children, the nation, the people, and future generations.
We will tell the people, the soldiers of the People's Army, their children and future generations about all the precious combat experiences our comrades gained through bloody struggles, about their true camaraderie and absolute love for their country, about the pain of sacrifice they had to endure while swallowing tears of blood and the joy of the priceless victory they achieved in return, and about the beautiful life they lived, brimming with optimism as they envisioned the future.
In a corner of the capital, a battle memorial and a battle monument will be built to forever commemorate the exploits of the great veterans, and the entire nation will forever revere and learn from the noble spirit and spirit of these heroes.
Motherland will bestow the highest and brightest honor upon all soldiers of overseas operational units, and will also place on the podium of glory the parents who raised their children well and generously dedicated themselves to the nation's cause.
Today's awards ceremony is the beginning of it all.
The glorious path pioneered by the warriors and their noble lives on the battlefields of foreign lands will never end, and the bloody battle records engraved with their names will forever shine as the most noble pages of the history of our nation.
Comrades!
It is the unchanging mission of our revolutionary armed forces to suppress all challenges that threaten the nation's sovereignty and security and to militarily ensure peace and development.
On the international stage, a very serious and unpredictable security crisis is being created due to the excessive use of military force by fanatical forces in the heat of war, and our adversaries are making more and more blatant and dangerous attempts to undermine the status and strength of our country, which balances the security situation on the Korean Peninsula.
This environment leaves us no room for complacency and demands a more complete and overwhelming preparedness from our military.
Comrade Kim Jong Un clarified the important tasks that must be carried out in making the armed forces of the Republic the most elite and strongest and in completing war preparations in response to the current situation and the military provocations of the enemy countries.
Comrade Kim Jong Un continued his remarks, saying that he hopes the parents and wives of the soldiers of overseas operational units who are carrying out honorable combat missions in foreign lands at this very moment will bear in mind that they are eagerly awaiting the day when the fatherland will be restored to health.
Our nation will forever be dignified, powerful, and strong thanks to great heroes like you, comrades.
Our army will continue the great history of victory for millennia with its unique loyalty and heroic spirit .
I wish immortal glory to the heroic soldiers of the overseas operational units who have established the highest and brightest peak in the long history of our people's victories and the absolute might of our revolutionary armed forces.
Long live the heroic Korean People's Army! (End)
I lived in North Korea for two years – it’s not black and white. AMA.
>Hi everyone,<I am an aid worker and I spent two years living in North Korea. The country is surrounded by myths, controversy, and very polarized views. Some see it only as a place of repression, others use it as a metaphor for completely different issues.>What I experienced was more complex. Daily life there isn’t black and white: people find ways to laugh, build friendships, raise children, adapt, and survive within the system. There are rituals, unspoken rules, and shades of grey that don’t always fit into the stereotypes.I’d like to open a conversation here. Ask me anything about everyday life, culture, family, what surprised me most, or even about the misconceptions we often hear. I’ll reply as openly as I can, and I welcome discussion with an open mind.
<I also wrote a book about my time there, for those who want to dive deeper, but my main goal here is to answer your questions.>AMAhttps://www.reddit.com/r/northkorea/s/Vqt1HRiqXr