Surprising images from inside North Korea

Gerald · 11-19-20, 07:41 PM

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Magnum photographer Carl De Keyzer is one of very few to have been given unprecedented access to Democratic People's Republic of North Korea.

https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p081r...de-north-korea

In the video above, they choose to use the word Democratic (In text) not the first thing I think of about NK!

Platapus · 11-20-20, 03:58 AM

That is the official name of the country.

Jimbuna · 11-20-20, 05:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

That is the official name of the country.

Gerald · 11-20-20, 06:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

That is the official name of the country.

Yes! Know that for sure but I do not agree with that in anyway for many reasons.

Platapus · 11-20-20, 06:56 PM

In polysci there is a saying that the words used in the name of the country usually mean that the country... ain't

Democratic People's Republic of Korea
German Democratic Republic

United States of America.

Gerald · 11-20-20, 07:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

In polysci there is a saying that the words used in the name of the country usually mean that the country... ain't

Democratic People's Republic of Korea
German Democratic Republic

United States of America.

I know Political science well, and of course how the term is used just like you.

It is not synonymous with how the country chooses to have in its Official status outwards towards other countries.Even as I expressed that it sounds nice to have the word democracy but is instead a hard communist agenda. Scratching the surface then the rules of the game are different. When it comes to your suggestions on other countries' past or present attitudes, here too it differs greatly. GDR or just (DDR). Not much to add to the story the common man is sufficiently initiated over what happened between the years 1949-1990.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_East_Germany

As for the US, everyone knows that the country is a United federal republic, and a number of different Autonomous regions. A country that does not have a communist agenda on paper, which pleases me.

Jimbuna · 11-21-20, 07:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

United States of America.

I think a growing number of people are currently agreeing with you

Texas Red · 11-21-20, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

I think a growing number of people are currently agreeing with you

Disturbingly I am too, lol.

11-20-20, 03:58 AM	#2
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,360 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	That is the official name of the country. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

11-20-20, 06:56 PM	#5
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,360 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	In polysci there is a saying that the words used in the name of the country usually mean that the country... ain't Democratic People's Republic of Korea German Democratic Republic United States of America. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.