N. Korea: Kim Jong-il Factory Tour (Photo Album)

Yonhap News ^ | 11/25/08

[AppyPappy]

DL: How many people will it kill?

The sunglasses may be hiding an eye droop that came with the stroke.

[Tallguy]

Nice clean plant, anyway.

Yes but the lighting s*cks. Notice the glare from the camera flash? Then it looks like the sum total of the ambient light is coming from wall sconces -- what's with that? They must be rationing electricity.

[COBOL2Java]

Amazing how evil looks so....ordinary. Like Melvin the accountant.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Right, you are. The photo flash is probably providing most of the light at the place. Electricity is rationed for only a few hours a day, unless the place is strategically important. This is a soap factory, far down the priority list. I won't be surprised that this factory has not been running for some time and only brought back to operation for this photo-op.

[theDentist]

"So, all these products are made from the leftovers of executed prisoners after their organs were harvested?"

[MarineBrat]

Have they finally found something to do with their space nipple?

[Eric in the Ozarks]

The floor looks like oil or grease was spilled on it for thirty years...

[TheZMan]

Note the couple shots of actual workers.

When you see pictures of politicians touring businesses in this country the workers are laughing/smiling or even chatting with them.

In these pictures, it’s just another face. A mindless button pusher of a starving Utopian society.

[TigerLikesRooster]

The place with stains on the floor looks like a loading dock or a storage room.

In all likelihood, you won't be shot for leaving some stains there.:-)

[Eric in the Ozarks]

I’ve been at Mexican asphalt plants that were cleaner. A lot cleaner.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Probably so. Imagine what it would be like before Chia Head dropped in. I think they did as best as they could with mops, brooms, and soaps.

[AdmSmith]

The factory is alleged to be situated in Shinuiju.

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It is the capital of North P’yongan Province, North Korea, on the border with China. The city is near Shinuiju Special Administrative Region, which was established in 2002 to try introducing the market economy.

The city is on the border with China, which is marked by the Yalu River, which empties into Korea Bay at this location. The city is connected to Dandong, China by bridge via the Sino-Korea Friendship BridgeThe Sino-Korea Friendship Bridge (also called the Sino-Korean or China-Korea Friendship Bridge connects the cities of Dandong, China and Shinuiju, North Korea. It crosses the Yalu River, carrying pedestrian, road, and rail traffic. The bridge is one of the only ways to enter North Korea.
http://www.economicexpert.com/a/Shinuiju.htm

Question: Why did they choose Shinuiju? Is it a signal for market economy or to China?

[SevenofNine]

Check out his left arm do you notice he doesn’t take it OUT

[TexasRepublic]

One little production line. That’s pathetic. You are probably looking at North Korea’s entire industrial output for 2008!

[Jet Jaguar]

BTTT

It’s all smelly, he leaves it in pocket.

[SevenofNine]

HEY TIGER Check this out even SKY news picking up on what going on with CHIA PET

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/North-Korea-Kim-Jong-Il-Visits-Factories-In-Latest-Public-Appearances-State-Media-Reports/Article/200811415161354?lpos=World_News_First_World_News_Article_Teaser_Region_4&lid=ARTICLE_15161354_North_Korea%3A_Kim_Jong-Il_Visits_Factories_In_Latest_Public_Appearances%2C_State_Media_Reports

[AmericanInTokyo]

He's probably grabbing a Tokarev considering the threats on his person 24/7.

[AmericanInTokyo]

김정일총비서 락원기계련합기업소와 신의주화장품공장 비누직장을 현지지도 (평양 11월 24일발 조선중앙통신)조선로동당 총비서이시며 조선민주주의인민공화국 국방위원회 위원장이신 위대한 령도자 김정일동지께서는 락원기계련합기업소와 신의주화장품공장 비누직장을 현지지도하시였다. 김정일동지께서는 먼저 락원기계련합기업소를 현지지도하시였다. 그이께서는 대형조기직장, 제관직장을 비롯한 생산공정들을 돌아보시면서 기술개건정형과 생산실태를 료해하시고 새로 만든 기계제품들을 보시였다. 그이께서는 기업소의 로동계급이 지혜와 정열을 다 바쳐 투쟁한 결과 원가를 극력 낮추면서도 현대적인 새 기계들을 많이 생산하였으며 특히 유압기술을 높은 단계에로 끌어올리는 기술적진보를 이룩한데 대하여 커다란 만족을 표시하시였다. 그이께서는 당과 혁명에 무한히 충직한 락원의 로동계급은 자력갱생, 간고분투의 혁명정신을 높이 발휘하여 인민경제 여러 부문에 능률적인 기계제품들을 더 많이 생산공급함으로써 자립적민족경제의 위력을 떨치는데 크게 기여하였으며 생산공정의 현대화, 과학화를 힘있게 다그쳐 기업소앞에 맡겨진 올해 과제를 10월말까지 성과적으로 수행하였다고 하시면서 그들의 공로를 높이 평가하시였다......etc. etc. etc. blah blah blah. yadayadayada fart cough sneeze, etc. etc. etc.

From KCNA News, Pyongyang, yesterday....

[AdmSmith]

I take it that you don’t appreciate the poetry that includes the “modern hydraulic technology”, and that “the revolutionary spirit of the people has improved the efficacy of the machines”. ;-)

[mad_as_he$$]

Most of his country is starving and Lil’kim visits a soap factory with state of the art packaging equipment.