Friday, June 26, 2009
Annyeong Haseo guys (read that as if a white person with no clue how to speak Korean was saying it for full efect). Sorry for the lack of an update yesterday, we didn't have acess to a computer and I was not in an area where I could use my phone. So yesterday was a pretty quiet day, without anything really happening. We woke up and took a bus to a Korean Folk Village which was a sort of Disneyland-esque recreation of a 19th century way of life. It was interesting because the change to modern architecture and such is a fairly recent one dating back about 70 years. Many parts of North Korea still operate in this very rustic way, and though it was sort of an amusement park here, it is a distinct reality for many people. We then returned to Seoul USA headquarters and had a very unique chance to interview my Mr. Kang, the author of the Aquariums of Pyongyang which we read before we came here. His story and perspective are very interesting and raised some valuable issues. He believes that North Korea will collapse very soon and that partnering with foreign aid departments (like the US State Department) to provide education and leadership training is the correct move. More thoughts on that later, I have to go! Bye.
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