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China-Japan-Koreas
Prestige Projects Bleeding N.Korea Dry
2014-12-13
Three big prestige projects launched by new leader Fat Boy Kim Jong-un are bleeding North Korea dry, exacerbating hardships and squeezing their pockets, according to a South Korean government official.

They are the construction of a ski resort, an equestrian club in Pyongyang and the attempt to turn empty plots of barren land into lawns.
We've read about each one before but it's increasingly clear that these were, well, "ill-advised"...
The official said the regime is forcing North Korean diplomats and workers overseas to remit US$300 each to Pyongyang for the construction of the ski resort. It has also told Chongryon, a large pro-Pyongyang Korean organization in Japan, to raise funds. People are being "encouraged" to send gifts to soldiers working on the ski resort, and they have little choice but to comply.

The regime is also pressing many people into labor at the equestrian club and diverting resources that could be better spent elsewhere. It sent senior party officials overseas to sign a deal to buy racehorses worth hundreds of millions of won.

Last year, the piggish Kim began a nationwide greening campaign, causing a vast acreage of sod to be laid over barren lots.

The North has established a national "lawn research center" and overseas missions have been told to send grass seeds home. It has urged residents to lay sod over any empty plots in schools and villages.
It's like an enormous Tru-Green project...
The source said, "With no sufficient financial resources, the regime is trying to complete Suet Face Kim Jong-un's signature projects by certain deadlines and people are getting more and more restive."
Maybe they'll have a revolution...
Posted by:Steve White

#4  This just demonstrates how badly we have botched the nuclear negotiations by offering useful stuff as incentives. None of our diplomats study our history anymore. Don't they know what we have the Manhatten's for their land? We should have offered roller rink technology, an International Pancakes franchise and a visit from the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders. I know it seems like a low ball offer, but a party with Kim K is going for $1M.
Posted by: Super Hose   2014-12-13 23:36  

#3  maybe they'll even finish the Hotel Of Doomâ„¢
Posted by: Frank G   2014-12-13 08:20  

#2  Perhaps I can talk Deacon into going ex-pat with me and make big bucks training Nork's green hunter-jumpers.
Posted by: Shipman   2014-12-13 07:08  

#1  hmmmm choices

- ensure food supply

- useful productive employment

- trade goods/services

AWWW FUKKIT

gimme polo grounds and maybe a alalom run - now we will lay down some grass and hope the peasants don't eat it
Posted by: Bov Flimbers   2014-12-13 02:04  

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