Streaming Despotism

[gfish]

I followed a link from a (bad) scary BBC story (DPRK is threatening to test nukes! Aaaaaaaaa! Why isn't this getting frontpage, 72 point font, Dan-Rather-hallucinating-after-23-hours-of-non-stop-commentary coverage?) and found all kinds of (good) scary DPRK pages.

The official page of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Information on visiting the DPRK: 'Experience the reality of North Korea for yourself!!' I wonder if I could find anyone who would be willing to go with me...
Unification: 'Visit the US-built Wall of Shame!'
DPRK Souvenirs: I'm very tempted by the flag pin.
Korean Central News Agency of DPRK
The Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il E-Library, a collection of such rousing PDFs as Giving priority to ideological work is essential for accomplishing socialism, Abuses of socialism are intolerable and the classic Withdraw of the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty DPRK Official Statment

Comments

[cow.livejournal.com]

From the Visa application page:

Nationalities (passports) that cannot apply:
USA, Republic of Korea (South Korea)

...so I guess that means we can't go. At least, not until we become Canadians.

[xiadyn.livejournal.com]

I'd visit North Korea with you. They'd let us take pictures, right?