North Korea will receive US$5 million from Zimbabwe in return for giant statues of dictator Robert Mugabe, Radio Free Asia quoted Zimbabwean media as saying Tuesday.
| I find this ... appropriate... |
North Korea's Mansudae Art Studio signed a contract with the African country to build two giant statues for Mugabe's 90th birthday, according to RFA. The larger, to be erected in the Zimbabwean capital of Harare, reportedly costs $3.5 million and the smaller $1.5 million.
The North has earned a fair amount of hard currency from the Third World by building monumental statuary cheaper than anyone else.
| The Norks are doing the equivalent of sofa art! |
Dubious triumphs in the art include the African Renaissance Monument in Senegal built in 2010. |