Posted on 03/19/2024 4:37:59 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
Like a petulant child who doesn’t get its way, North Korea likes to throw tantrums. A few days ago the rogue state reminded the world how troublesome it is by launching several short-range missiles in the first weapons tests since President Joe Biden took office, sending a sharp message to the new US administration. But behind the aggression, dictator Kim Jong-un is in serious trouble as his regime teeters on bankruptcy. Tom Steinfort, one of the few western journalists to have reported from the hermit kingdom on multiple occasions, says North Korea desperately needs cash and is willing to do almost anything to get it, even selling weapons and drugs on the black market. Now though, these long-suspected crimes have been fully exposed by the unlikely combination of an extraordinary hidden-camera sting and a heartbroken family determined to get justice for their son, who travelled to North Korea for an adventure holiday but ended up imprisoned and tortured to death.
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uh I guess this falls under the stupid games stupid prizes category
I’m thinking of an adventure in Haiti, perhaps Somalia.
Me, I’m going to Bakhmut.
I hear it’s lovely this time of year.
Drone excursions are extra.
You can get a non diseased liver for €2000.
I knew a guy (A Canadian) who took a tour to DPRK when tourism there was opening up, especially when many South Koreans were going
He said the handlers and restrictions on going out were so annoying, he stayed in the hotel bar and drank for 4 days instead.
Adventures in Gaza are especially hot right now
I do enjoy spelunking…
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