▲ 317 ▼ North Korea to open beach resort as Kim Jong Un bets on tourism (www.bbc.com) submitted 1 year ago by etuomaala@sopuli.xyz to c/world@lemmy.world 91 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 13 points 1 year ago (3 children) Does anyone even go to North Korea? Is that like a thing? permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] AbnormalHumanBeing@lemmy.abnormalbeings.space 24 points 1 year ago They do have a tourism industry, composed of ideological "true believers" (not that big of a group), tourists wanting to experience the unique culture out of curiosity (or - in the more recent years - also to produce social media content), and tourists interested in the unique architecture. In the overwhelming amount of cases, it also goes well enough, because it is a welcome avenue to get foreign currency for them, and despite what some may believe, the state is still fully within the dynamics of capital accumulation. (Other examples are: contractors in construction, where they have unique know-how in monumental constructions, which is also one of the places where the exploitation of their populace as wage labourers can become visible to the outside world - and selling stamps and other collectibles in demand for being "exotic" as they are from NK.) But then, every now and again, you have cases like Otto Warmbier. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Ithral@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago A few people have, but it's not common. https://abcnews.go.com/International/prominent-americans-met-north-korean-leaders/story?id=53635089 permalink fedilink source parent [–] Centaur@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Yes! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AbnormalHumanBeing@lemmy.abnormalbeings.space 24 points 1 year ago They do have a tourism industry, composed of ideological "true believers" (not that big of a group), tourists wanting to experience the unique culture out of curiosity (or - in the more recent years - also to produce social media content), and tourists interested in the unique architecture. In the overwhelming amount of cases, it also goes well enough, because it is a welcome avenue to get foreign currency for them, and despite what some may believe, the state is still fully within the dynamics of capital accumulation. (Other examples are: contractors in construction, where they have unique know-how in monumental constructions, which is also one of the places where the exploitation of their populace as wage labourers can become visible to the outside world - and selling stamps and other collectibles in demand for being "exotic" as they are from NK.) But then, every now and again, you have cases like Otto Warmbier. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ithral@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago A few people have, but it's not common. https://abcnews.go.com/International/prominent-americans-met-north-korean-leaders/story?id=53635089 permalink fedilink source parent