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KCNA: Chongsong Bullojong Pyongyang, August 4 (KCNA) — Chongsong Bullojong is a medicine manufactured by the Korea Pugang Pharmaceutic Company of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Won Hak Rim, 60, who lives in Pyongyang, had chronic gastritis cured after taking the medicine. He said: I had long suffered from gastritis. Several days after I [...]

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Bath man

En journalist vid den norska tidningen Dagbladet har varit i Nordkorea. Litt seinere slår vi av en prat med en kontaktsøkende og vennlig nordkoreansk guide. – So, do you get a lot of American tourists here? spør reisefølget mitt. Han tygger lenge på svaret. – Bath man. – Excuse me? – Bath man. President. United [...]

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USA-imperialism?

Stalinisterna kan säkert svara. En artikel om Nordkorea: “You need products to trade for food but there is none. So they are unable to give rice, or wage for three a four months. Accountants of the factory usually bring cash from banks to give wage to workers but because the banks are short on cash, [...]

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Google Spy

Den här bilden från Google Maps är säkert populär i Nordkorea. Enligt Commentary är det från kärnreaktorn i Yongbyon. Intressant nog är satellitbilderna från det området i Nordkorea mer detaljerade än från stället där jag bor.

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Jag gillar ju propagandaposters av olika slag, Boing Boing tipsar om den här sidan med posters från Sovjet, Kuba, Polen och Tjeckoslovakien. Från Nordkorea här.

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Charmerande

Washington Post hade igår en intressant artikel om Nordkoreas “charmoffensiv”: “A State of Mind,” screened at the store during the 2005 Tribeca Film Festival, will open in theaters in 12 American cities in August. The film will begin a showing in Washington in the fall. As part of a major counteroffensive by secretive North Korea [...]

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Liberty in North Korea, och här.

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Jag slapp bli sur

Liksom Norge fick Sverige knugen på nationaldagen en hälsning från Nordkorea: Pyongyang, June 6 (KCNA) — Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly of the DPRK, sent a message of greetings to Carl Gustaf, king of Sweden, Monday on the occasion of its national day. The message expressed belief that [...]

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Dundermedicin

I Nordkorea kan de sina saker: The Sosong Koryo Medicine Management Office in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea has recently developed a new kind of quit-smoking nutritious pill. It is also potent for treating various diseases. The pill is mainly made from rare medicinal herbs growing in steep mountains and deep valleys of the [...]

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Hur tänkte ni nu?

Ni minns nyheten från BBC som jag skrev om för ett par veckor sedan, undernäringen i Nordkorea beror på marknadsreformer. Market reforms introduced in North Korea in recent years mean most people only get about half the food they need through the state and have to buy the rest themselves. Idag säger vi välkommen till [...]

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