North Korea by satellite
Qwystyria
13-10-2006, 05:39
North Korea may have "The Bomb" but they don't have much electricity.
I found a great article just now online. The image just struck me funny. It's amazing how stark the contrast is between North and South Korea. I'm sure, if you saw a food-distribution map, it'd be fairly similar, too. If as was previously mentioned, North Korea's government folds, would THIS be the reason?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=410158&in_page_id=1811
Druidville
13-10-2006, 05:41
Saw that. When they kill the lights after 9pm, they kill 'em. :)
We should invade NK and offer it to SK. If they don't want it, Canada can have it.
CanuckHeaven
13-10-2006, 05:50
North Korea may have "The Bomb" but they don't have much electricity.
I found a great article just now online. The image just struck me funny. It's amazing how stark the contrast is between North and South Korea. I'm sure, if you saw a food-distribution map, it'd be fairly similar, too. If as was previously mentioned, North Korea's government folds, would THIS be the reason?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=410158&in_page_id=1811
They truly know the meaning of conserving energy. :D
They truly know the meaning of violent suppression.
Dontgonearthere
13-10-2006, 05:53
We should invade NK and offer it to SK. If they don't want it, Canada can have it.
Psh, if anybody other than SK gets NK, there will be a three way war between Russia, China and the US over who gets the North.
Psh, if anybody other than SK gets NK, there will be a three way war between Russia, China and the US over who gets the North.
Canada will totally pwn those nations in a war.
Qwystyria
13-10-2006, 06:03
Psh, if anybody other than SK gets NK, there will be a three way war between Russia, China and the US over who gets the North.
Unfortunately, I don't think China would stand by idly and let SK take over NK...I think they'd fight tooth and nail to expand. I don't think the US or Russia would stand a chance due to proximity, unless they were simply siding with SK, which I suspect the US would. I just wonder where Japan would fall in all this.
South Korea looks like an island...
Also note how Pyongyang is the only city lit up. Looks like Kimmy Kim needed some illumniation for his swingin' bachelor pad -- sorry, make that bachelor palace. :p
That's... wow. Nuclear technology, and yet nowhere near capable on a standardized civillian technology level... that's really pretty sad, not just for North Korea but what it says about nations' priorities on an international level period. I'm sure NK isn't alone in that sort of response.
Saw that. When they kill the lights after 9pm, they kill 'em. :)
Illuminacide! :eek:
Beddgelert
13-10-2006, 06:29
"Nuclear technology, and yet nowhere near capable on a standardized civillian technology level"
The DPRK does have the scientific know-how -the tech level- to light the whole country, for what little it matters.
Anyway, Pyongyang isn't illuminated just because that's where the Dear Leader resides, but because it is generally the DPRK's showcase city. If you were to visit the capital you'd be hard pressed to guess that it is part of a country with a per-capita GDP similar to that of Togo or Haiti. Pyongyang gives the impression that everything's going fine. It even has an excess of traffic wardens and such (given that private transport is illegal and there's no cars on the multi-lane highways).
The rest of the country offers an alternate assessment, but it isn't just because the Dear Leader isn't there. He has to be somewhere, after all.
Imperial isa
13-10-2006, 06:32
no kim just forget to pay the power bill
but it just sad to see how poor he made them
I like this one better. (Some of you American chaps may have trouble with this one ;) )
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1103/dogman/nightlights.jpg
Imperial isa
13-10-2006, 06:40
I like this one better. (Some of you American chaps may have trouble with this one ;) )
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1103/dogman/nightlights.jpg
you cant miss japan can you
edit
dam i just blink an miss NK
Dontgonearthere
13-10-2006, 06:58
I like this one better. (Some of you American chaps may have trouble with this one ;) )
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1103/dogman/nightlights.jpg
Durrr, what country is dis?
Are it battletoads?
Durrr, what country is dis?
Are it battletoads?
4chan meme's? on my NS general?
Dontgonearthere
13-10-2006, 07:05
4chan meme's? on my NS general?
Indeed.
Im on ur forum.
Screwin' up ur culture.
That's... wow. Nuclear technology, and yet nowhere near capable on a standardized civillian technology level... that's really pretty sad, not just for North Korea but what it says about nations' priorities on an international level period. I'm sure NK isn't alone in that sort of response.
Standardised civilian technology level? WTF is that?
Anyway having nuclear weapons but no running refrigerators does not actually say anything about the priorities of the people living there. I reckon And despite what politicians say nations do not have priorities, people do. No electrical power says something of the ambitions and tactics of the dictator. I would hazard that the majority of North Koreans would prefer electricity to nuclear weapons and peaceful ordinary life to saber rattling and double daring others to nuke Korea. I think they prefer not being political prisoners to saying much about it though.
Dragontide
13-10-2006, 07:22
Wow! China said they would impose sanctions. Didnt think they would un-plug N.Korea's extension cord. :p
it just shows that NK isn't that bad.. they let the hamster rest from 9 p.m. :D
Durrr, what country is dis?
Are it battletoads?
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