wellway
Prolific Pea
Posts: 8,772
Jun 25, 2014 20:50:09 GMT
|
Post by wellway on Sept 29, 2017 9:29:24 GMT
I've read a few books about North Korea but photos from inside the regime are rare so when I spotted this BBC article I had to have a look. Thought the apartment block with mini solar panels on most of the balconies was telling. www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-41438084 |
|
|
|
Post by gailoh on Sept 29, 2017 9:37:30 GMT
Thank you for sharing
|
|
|
|
Post by gar on Sept 29, 2017 10:07:37 GMT
Fascinating, tfs.
As an aside - did you see the first (I think) in the series about Russia last night? Simon Reeve is traveling extensively throughout the country and apart from the oppressive police interest in what they were doing some of the stats about the country were mind boggling. Siberia alone is 12th of the entire planet's land mass. I think it was 20% (poss 25%) of the world's trees are in a forest there which is bigger than the Amazon. Absolutely fascinating to learn something about the scale of the country apart from anything else.
Sorry for the hi-jack 🙂
|
|
|
|
Post by monklady123 on Sept 29, 2017 10:45:54 GMT
Even more interesting is to google "photos smuggled out of North Korea". Those tell a different story from the ones that are approved by the "minders" who are always with any outsider. Although I do find these minder-approved ones fascinating also because it's interesting to see what they *do* approve. But the extreme poverty that exists outside of large cities is something that the country doesn't want anyone to see.
|
|
wellway
Prolific Pea
Posts: 8,772
Jun 25, 2014 20:50:09 GMT
|
Post by wellway on Sept 29, 2017 11:01:10 GMT
Fascinating, tfs. As an aside - did you see the first (I think) in the series about Russia last night? Simon Reeve is traveling extensively throughout the country and apart from the oppressive police interest in what they were doing some of the stats about the country were mind boggling. Siberia alone is 12th of the entire planet's land mass. I think it was 20% (poss 25%) of the world's trees are in a forest there which is bigger than the Amazon. Absolutely fascinating to learn something about the scale of the country apart from anything else. Sorry for the hi-jack 🙂 No apology needed, we set that programme to record and will watch it over the weekend as I find anything Simon Reeve does to be always interesting. Have been following Educating Greater Manchester and it was on at the same time so I decided to watch that instead. |
|
|
|
Post by annabella on Sept 29, 2017 15:01:56 GMT
Wow never seen solar panels on apartment windows before.
|
|
