The brutal reality of North Korea
Is North Korea trying to instigate a war or just attempting some kind of political gamesmanship?
We know very little about how and why decisions are made at the top of this brutal and secretive dictatorship. Probably Kim Jong-un is inventing the myth of an imminent American invasion in order to distract his people from the poverty and hunger than is their day to day reality or perhaps he is hoping to win some financial support from the USA in return for lowering the tension.
Meanwhile the “Mirror” newspaper provides a reminder today of how some 200,000 political prisoners are treated in North Korea’s gulags – see the story here.
April 7th, 2013 at 10:57 am
I had to re-read the entire travel blog to see if you’d been to North Korea in the past few months, after your visits to Syria et al produced alarming results! Come on Roger, tell the truth – when did you make the visit? !!
April 7th, 2013 at 11:54 am
I could tell you – but then I’d have to kill you!