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You aren't coming off very well here.
He is paid by the chinese equivalent hiSAIDxiSAID . its with the russians the only voice left in town after trumps surrender .
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Dinner at a North Korean Restaurant in Shanghai (2016)
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Half american myself, sorta, got citizenship there, family, ancestors, lot of good times, and then its also quite seriously bent, casualy ok with gunfire and every kind of mayhem.
Which I am also ok with, having been down range and in range, and even feel at home on the range.
I hope they can focus on the pursuit of happyness thing, and lead the world from that place, out front, no secrets, deal with everything now, do the hard thing, which is to agree on something, anything!
As for some bordello, man oh man, eh!, want to check.for escorts in any western capital?
I lived in ottawa, and litteraly within shouting distance of parliment, was an old department store
closed, except for later at night, when the display windows would fill with, hotties in not much.
Ever just happened to be on the corner or young and bloor, at 5 min past noon on a week day?
All those girls, are "choosing" to dress like that, girl in a fishnet sweater and not much else
grinning at me while some guy trys to sell me peyote buttons, a good chunk of the countrys economy bieng fiddled with, 10feet away.
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#43I have to admit, I’d be curious to visit one of these restaurants myself. However, one has to be aware of the fact that these restaurants are reportedly linked to the secretive North Korean party organization, Room 39 [1], which means that all revenue flows directly into the hands of the Kim dynasty, so in the best case you'll help financing their next BMW or much worse, the nuclear arms program—neither of these I'm…
Going by my dad's constant repair bills for his BMW, saddling the North Korean regime with those could be good for diverting funds away from their more unsavory endeavors.
This made me laugh :D
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#44- "We heard that the girls stay in the Hotel (yes, upstairs) and they are seldom allowed out and that they do not get paid or if they do, the amount is for pocket money as everything from food and lodging to basic necessities are provided by the State." In more straightforward language: these are slaves. [late edit]: Here's more about how these slave women are treated: - "In contrast, he said the high achievers are r…
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Re: Dinner at a North Korean Restaurant in Shanghai (2016)
#45I have to admit, I’d be curious to visit one of these restaurants myself. However, one has to be aware of the fact that these restaurants are reportedly linked to the secretive North Korean party organization, Room 39 [1], which means that all revenue flows directly into the hands of the Kim dynasty, so in the best case you'll help financing their next BMW or much worse, the nuclear arms program—neither of these I'm…
After a quick search, I found there are North Korean restaurants in Seoul owned by escapees. Definitely a way to learn about the oppressed North Korean people shut away from the rest of the world without supporting their messed up leaders.
there are and some of them are great
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#46I went to the branch in Phnom Penh years ago. Basically the same format as described in the article, including the karaoke like rock performance. I recall there was dog on the menu. Otherwise it's your typical dystopian experience.
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#47My experience echos this but on a smaller scale, I’ve visited the NK run restaurant in Bangkok in 2019 and found it to be basically any average nondescript very dated East Asian / Korean restaurant, but odd. It was smaller, maybe seating 60-75 tops? The food was fine, and they played NK music (the kind you’d hear on Korean Central Television) while we ate. The unique thing I recall on the menu was the Pyongyang Cold…
Naengmyeon is worth trying, not only in NK restaurants.
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#48Oh yeah, as if a regular North Korean has access to sushi.
Re: Dinner at a North Korean Restaurant in Shanghai (2016)
#49I have to admit, I’d be curious to visit one of these restaurants myself. However, one has to be aware of the fact that these restaurants are reportedly linked to the secretive North Korean party organization, Room 39 [1], which means that all revenue flows directly into the hands of the Kim dynasty, so in the best case you'll help financing their next BMW or much worse, the nuclear arms program—neither of these I'm…
I didn’t see the price mentioned in the article, but given that most restaurants are barely getting by, are we sure they’re really making meaningful money off this place (much less weapons money)? I wonder if it’s more for covert activities.
The article also mentions that the staff is not payed, which surely helps the bottom line.
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#50If you want North Korean food, but not run by the North Korean government with the weird slavery shit, there's numerous Korean restaurants north of North Korea in Yanbian, Jilin/Changchun, etc. Just regular restaurants, mostly run by Chinese that are ethnically Korean.
Perhaps a better term to differentiate it from regime-run ones -- "Ethically North Korean Restaurants"?