On my first trip to North Korea in 1989, I made a nuisance of myself by randomly barging into private homes. I wanted to see how ordinary North Koreans actually live, and people were startled but hospitable.
The most surprising thing I found was The Loudspeaker affixed to a wall in each home. The Loudspeaker is like a radio but without a dial or off switch. In the morning, it awakens the household with propaganda. (In his first golf outing, Comrade Kim Jong-il shoots five holes-in-one!) It blares like that all day.
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2 comments:
Sounds like 1984 - wasn't there a speaker in Winston's Room?
That sounds familiar, yes. Also a camera.
I think we've long since achieved that latter state, sadly. Especially after 2001.
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