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Re:The forbidden railway: Vienna - Pyongyang (2008) by ars on Sunday January 20, 2013 @09:12PM (#5089438)
You are, but ignoring things and people never visiting would be worse.
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Re:The forbidden railway: Vienna - Pyongyang (2008) by wahnfrieden on Sunday January 20, 2013 @11:33PM (#5089882)
The people visiting only see staged theatrics, it doesn't do a whole lot of good.
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Re:The forbidden railway: Vienna - Pyongyang (2008) by ars on Monday January 21, 2013 @12:04AM (#5089953)
I don't know - I certainly found out a lot about North Korea from those visits. I assume you did too.
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Re:The forbidden railway: Vienna - Pyongyang (2008) by OGinparadise on Monday January 21, 2013 @12:51AM (#5090112)
You are, but ignoring things and people never visiting would be worse.

Worse for the regime, yes. They need foreign currency and need to spalsh famous faces on TV "XX came to our wonderful country and was surprised at...". If you think that Erik Schmidt or his daughter know jack about NK and how life is because of their visit, I have a bridge...

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