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New front about to open up soon? (DPRK has announced that offensive forces on the South Korean border are fully ready)
North Korean authorities have announced that their offensive forces stationed on the border with South Korea are on full alert. In a statement today, the North Korean Foreign Ministry said that all structures, including the Defense Ministry and the General Staff, are preparing for any possible scena...
Has anyone heard of Yaegihaja?
cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/3966387
A few months ago when I was sifting through the garbage dump r/EuropeanSocialists (Once in a while they have good translated DPRK resources otherwise very hard to find) I came across a mention of a site called Yaegihaja. The name means "Let's Talk" in Korean and apparently it was a forum which claimed you could talk with actual north Koreans. It also claimed to be affiliated with the DPRK government. The site has also been mentioned on a few youtube channels, such as one called "SunhiPlays" which posts music videos and one just called "Yaegihaja" which uploaded a DPRK movie. Apparently the URL used to be yaegihaja.com but the website is now shut down and the Wayback Machine's latest snapshot of the website is from April 2022, only showing the home page. Such a place existing is so bizarre and I can't find more information on what it actually was. If you've heard of Yaegihaja please tell me everything you know because I am ver
QOL Comparison: Coal Miner in DPRK vs USA
cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/3953768
After studying DPRK wages and prices for a while, I wanted to make a comparison between the economic life of a north Korean coal miner in North Hamgyong Province compared to one in West Virginia, USA.
Working conditions
Workweek
DPRK: 6 hours/day, 6 days/week (36 hours)
USA: 10 hours/day, 5 days/week (50 hours)
Paid Time Off
DPRK: 52 weekends + 71 national holidays + 28 PTO = 151 days
US: 104 weekends + 11 national holidays = 124 days
% unionized
DPRK: 100% (+ Taean work system giving extra worker democracy)
USA: 17%
Monthly wages & expenses
Wages
DPRK: 360,000 KPW
USA: 4,600 USD
Rent
DPRK: Free
USA: 600 USD (13% income)
Utilities
DPRK: Free
USA: 200 USD (4.3% income)
Food
DPRK: Free (From PDS)
USA: 710 USD (15.4% income)
Healthcare
DPRK: Free
USA: 1400 USD (30%
what does the Korean Friendship Association do exactly?
i’m interested in joining them but i’m confused on what activities they engage in if any (for example do they have meetings or something)
Echo of Truth is back with another channel
Her previous one was blocked by YouTube. If you're not familiar: she lives in Pyongyang and she posts videos about daily life in DPRK as well as special occasions. It's very interesting, and I encourage you to subscribe to her new channel.
The DPRK is like having adblock in real life
Thread by Comrade Natalie with some lovely pictures
Based.
(Shameless self-promotion: I created that channel. But I won't update it regularly or often.)
Someone who actually lived in DPRK:
Source: https://invidious.snopyta.org/watch?v=1OZMe0W0wW8 (You should watch the entire video, it's not long and very informative.)
They look so happy
They must be paid actors, there's no way anyone can be happy under a repressive communist system, am I right fellow liberals? /s
Seriously, I just liked the picture, and thought I'd share it here. Picture source: twitter.com/VofCommunism
Cold Noodle Fan on Twitter
She does interviews and "tour series" in DPRK Long form videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP5_cAbRgjsZjkhrHBq84xQ/videos
"People's leader" a photo album about Kim Jong Un's devotion to the Korean people.
This is one of the new photo albums released in Juche 109 (2020) about Kim Jong Un that I thought I should share. More photo albums can be found at http://www.korean-books.com.kp/en/search/?page=album