Hey guys! These are the factories built by the DPRK as part of the second year of the Regional Development 20×10 Policy (지방발전 20×10 정책).

I've included a diagram in the top-left of each photo showing the position of the county (blue) relative to Pyongyang (red) in case you were curious where this development is happening.

A map of the entire modernisation progress can be found here:

https://imgur.com/a/2tYC5yx

I really like her journalistic method and her videos are always very informative and cool. Now she's talking about the DPRK and bringing up thing like "60% of people live in poverty", "prison labour camps", and the usual. She's not posted sources as yet. Here is her substack article. It's paywalled, so no reading it for me, but the 3 sources in the first paragraph is a "neutral" news site, a US government report, and an org that cites Daily NK. So... no surprises I guess.

She does make interesting claims, like that the sanctions are what drive mineral prices up, and is therefore the reason that Kim is a threat, and that nuclear weapons aren't a deterrent (she mentions Iran here, but they don't have nukes? Officially, at least). She also mentions the caste system, which I know very little about.

Any comrades know more about the prison system, the caste system, or the mineral exporting industry in the DPRK? From reliable sources of course.

From Wikipedia: (I have emphasized in bold the segments most concerning to me)

Article 8 of the Family Law of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea states that "Marriage may be done only between one man and one woman".

As of 2013, the Korean Friendship Association (an international group sponsored by the government of North Korea) said "the DPRK recognizes that many individuals are born with homosexuality as a genetic trait and treats them with due respect...Homosexuals in the DPRK have never been subject to repression, as in many capitalist regimes around the world."^\8][9]) The same document said North Korea "rejects many characteristics of the popular gay culture in the West, which many perceive to embrace consumerism, classism and promiscuity."^\9])

According to the United States Department of State, the state news agency, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), claimed in 2014 that same-sex sexual activity was not present in the country.^\4])

In 2008 and 2011, North Korea opposed both the "joint statements on ending acts of violence and related human rights violations based on sexual orientation and gender identity" at the United Nations that condemn violence and discrimination against LGBTQ people.^\14][)^{failed verification\}) Its precise reasons for doing so remain unclear.^\)^{citation needed\})

In 2014, after the United Nations Human Rights Council published a report on human rights in North Korea advising a referral to the International Criminal Court, the Korean Central News Agency, the North Korean state-owned news agency and arm of Propaganda and Agitation Department, responded with an article that included homophobic insults against the report's author Michael Kirby, who is openly gay. The KCNA's article went on to attack Kirby and gay marriage:^\17][18])

... he is a disgusting old lecher with a 40-odd-year-long career of homosexuality. He is now over seventy, but he is still anxious to get married to his homosexual partner.

This practice can never be found in the DPRK boasting of the sound mentality and good morals, and homosexuality has become a target of public criticism even in Western countries, too. In fact, it is ridiculous for such gay [sic] to sponsor dealing with others' human rights issue.

— Korean Central News Agency (2014)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_in_North_Korea

This is probably a common answer, but mine is "Where Are You Dear General?" by Pochonbo Electronic Ensemble. Especially the intro where she sings "아~ 최고사령부. 기어이 기어이 찾아가리라". Absolutely awe-inspiring 🥹

Juchify finally got an app!

https://www.military.com/air-force-major-jason-watson-called-trumps-impeachment-solitary-confinement-24-hours-a-day-attorney

￭ Díaz-Canel reaffirmed Cuba’s commitment to strengthening the historic ties of friendship between the two countries, while Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez emphasized their solidarity and cooperation.

By: @vocalpolitics

Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/DeWh9\\_5ivGh/

When you point the finger 👉 three fingers point back at you

Reiteramos nuestro compromiso de desarrollar los históricos lazos de amistad entre ambos Partidos y pueblos.

By: @diazcanelb

Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/DeVLVUqxWsX/

Too much Radio Free Asia for this guy

By: @Mukamuri

Source: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DeKMgdVhdIq/