Students on drill at Kim Il Sung Square, Pyongyang
September 9th is the 60th anniversary of the foundation of the DPRK. The country's leadership decided to celebrate this anniversary in the usual, rather unimaginative way: there will be mass meetings, a military parade, a huge marchpast of civilians, and a torchlight procession, to mention only the most important functions. Since spring, Pyongyang citizens are getting drill for the big parade. Kim Il Sung Square is always crowded with students and adults drilling with plastic flowers and torchlights.
You might think that a leadership which is not able to feed its people properly would be well-advised to give undivided attention to the solution of the food problem. Not so in the DPRK where the pointless exhibition of an imaginary national strength is always given top priority.
Students on drill at Kim Il Sung Square, Pyongyang
September 9th is the 60th anniversary of the foundation of the DPRK. The country's leadership decided to celebrate this anniversary in the usual, rather unimaginative way: there will be mass meetings, a military parade, a huge marchpast of civilians, and a torchlight procession, to mention only the most important functions. Since spring, Pyongyang citizens are getting drill for the big parade. Kim Il Sung Square is always crowded with students and adults drilling with plastic flowers and torchlights.
You might think that a leadership which is not able to feed its people properly would be well-advised to give undivided attention to the solution of the food problem. Not so in the DPRK where the pointless exhibition of an imaginary national strength is always given top priority.