A WHIFF OF CAPITALISM
In this file photo taken on October 11, a woman talks on a mobile phone before the ‘Monument to Party Founding’ in Pyongyang. North Korea’s use of its showcase capital city to promote an image of national success and prosperity has cemented Pyongyang’s reputation as a Potemkin Village boasting leisure facilities that amount to little more than “playgrounds for cadres.” But there are increasing signs that the capital’s political elites are not the only ones able to indulge a taste for consumer goods and a spot of rest and recreation. AFP PHOTO
In this file photo taken on October 11, a woman talks on a mobile phone before the ‘Monument to Party Founding’ in Pyongyang. North Korea’s use of its showcase capital city to promote an image of national success and prosperity has cemented Pyongyang’s reputation as a Potemkin Village boasting leisure facilities that amount to little more than “playgrounds for cadres.” But there are increasing signs that the capital’s political elites are not the only ones able to indulge a taste for consumer goods and a spot of rest and recreation. AFP PHOTO
PYONGYANG: North Korea’s use of its showcase capital city to promote an image of national success and prosperity has cemented Pyongyang’s reputation as a Potemkin Village boasting leisure facilities that amount to little more than “playgrounds for cadres.”