North Korea is opening a new and glitzy airport terminal on July 1!
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[QUOTE]SEOUL (AFP) - North Korea's showcase new airport terminal, which had to be partly demolished and rebuilt at leader Kim Jong Un's whim, is to open on July 1, state media said on Thursday.Kim called for a grand opening of the new Terminal 2 at Pyongyang International Airport on a tour accompanied by his wife Ri Sol Ju and sister Kim Yo Jong as well as senior party officials, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said.
Kim also enjoyed a bird's eye view of the terminal from his plane.
The KCNA described the new terminal as a "landmark of the Songun (military-first) era".
But the facility, reserved for international civilian flights, risks being virtually empty after it opens as Pyongyang has just a trickle of scheduled foreign flights.
On his tour, Kim told workers and officials that he was "very satisfied to see the terminal well built in harmony with modern aesthetic taste and national character", KCNA reported.
He also called for the construction of a high-speed railway and a motorway between Pyongyang and the airport, some 24km northwest of the capital, and the beautification of surrounding areas.
Kim gave "detailed" instructions on holding a "splendid ceremony for its inauguration on July 1" and the start of passenger services.
KCNA said Kim had visited the construction site several times, issuing instructions and deploying troops for its construction.
He was thought to have visited the terminal, the cost of which was not reported, on Wednesday.
Cheong Seong Chang of the Sejong Institute in Seoul said on Wednesday that in heavily-militarised North Korea, soldiers are widely used in civic construction projects.
Kim has mobilised twice as many soldiers as his father Kim Jong Il, the North's late leader, deploying some 200,000 soldiers - one out of every five active servicemen - to construction sites nationwide, including the airport terminal, resorts, public buildings and apartments.[/QUOTE]
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Hate to be sitting by Kim Jong on a plane, the fatass would probably take about three seats.
You know, for all the millions of people who want to go [I]into[/I] the DPRK
'Passenger 271 of flight KI 241, please board your flight now or you will be executed immediately.'
[QUOTE=Shibbey;48057497]You know, for all the millions of people who want to go [I]into[/I] the DPRK[/QUOTE]
Still, North Korea is a totally viable tourist destination, welcoming about 100000 guests annually, and its one of the very few ways to change the foreign perception of the country. Having a new terminal which is not straight out the 60s does help in that.
Riiight
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Because so many people come and go from NK
All the planes are made out of paper mache
Nice. From what I've seen from videos on YouTube the current airport is pretty crummy.
Still, feeding people might be a better way to spend money perhaps...
The whole one person to use it, and that's RAYHALO.
The seats in the gate are probably plastic lawn chairs
I find the fact that there's a weekly service from Malaysia to North Korea operated by Air Koryo very interesting.
And the fact that they are using somewhat new Tupolev TU-204s.
And also the fact that Malaysians are one of the only nation that does not require a visa to enter NK.
Definitely in my bucket list.
How do you pull a boarding tunnel up to a Cessna?
is it structurally reinforced with people
[QUOTE=adam1172;48058543]I find the fact that there's a weekly service from Malaysia to North Korea operated by Air Koryo very interesting.
And the fact that they are using somewhat new Tupolev TU-204s.
And also the fact that Malaysians are one of the only nation that does not require a visa to enter NK.
Definitely in my bucket list.[/QUOTE]
The countryside itself is also incredibly beautiful. It is probably one of the few places that has been left untouched by heavy industry.
Yay a fully functioning Airport with real light up action to add to Kim's model city!
[QUOTE=adam1172;48058543]I find the fact that there's a weekly service from Malaysia to North Korea operated by Air Koryo very interesting.
And the fact that they are using somewhat new Tupolev TU-204s.
And also the fact that Malaysians are one of the only nation that does not require a visa to enter NK.
Definitely in my bucket list.[/QUOTE]
Just to be safe, I'd put that at the end of your bucket list.
Looks like Kim's hair transformed into a travel pillow for the occasion.
[QUOTE=El Burro;48059547]Looks like Kim's hair transformed into a travel pillow for the occasion.[/QUOTE]
I guess his fat took over his hair now.
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Likely the best food in the country.
Can't wait for NK to hire actors to go on the plane, circle round, change clothes/appearance mid-flight, and come back and pretend to be amazed tourists.
[QUOTE=Zeke129;48059762]Likely the best food in the country.[/QUOTE]
Nah. They give tourists loads of food to exaggerate how much food they [sp]don't actually[/sp] have
[QUOTE=Zeke129;48059762]Likely the best food in the country.[/QUOTE]
No matter how many times I see Air Koryo food, it never looks better. Actually looks worse every time.
You know, I'd actually like to go to North Korea and see firsthand what it's "like". From the documentary's I've seen its shown off as this really good place with all these huge monuments and stuff, but you practically drive past deprived areas at every stop.
His trousers are ridiculous.
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un's going for the mao zedong/columbian drug lord fusion look, i see
I try to imagine what the small army of people that are always following him around are so devoutly recording in their notebooks.
[QUOTE=ferrus;48061068]I try to imagine what the small army of people that are always following him around are so devoutly recording in their notebooks.[/QUOTE]
Giant phalluses
[QUOTE=Zeke129;48059762]Likely the best food in the country.[/QUOTE]
Likely the only food in the country.
[QUOTE=ferrus;48061068]I try to imagine what the small army of people that are always following him around are so devoutly recording in their notebooks.[/QUOTE]
carefully calculating the caloric price of every action of un so they can prepare the appropriate amount of food to allow him to sustain growth
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