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[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

At least South Korea and North America shut down for the pandemic, North Korea did not. I rest my case.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

North Korea was shut down anyway, it took a long time for them to have their first covid outbreak and I think when it finally did happen they did shut down.

Also, I am glad you have come out so strongly in favor of the PRC approach, or so I must convlude.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Being so close to China, North Korea couldn't be in a position to escape being one of the first to suffer. Kim Jong-un spent the first part of it saying it didn't exist. What's worse is health in North Korea is poor, so there were more casualties. Any true response was too late.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You're gonna need a better source than Wikipedia, which has a ridiculous level of slant against the DPRK (look up "Propaganda village" if you need convincing)

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wikipedia, the neutral website that also somehow happened to protest with a Reddit-style blackout when Donald Trump tried passing those internet bills, has a slant against the leader's party? Alright, I'll humor you.

Also, completely unrelated question about that, how does one square someone having a slant against a political party, being on good terms with the political international that party is in, that party being in said political international, and that party being in a nation that works against anything about itself being publicized?

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'm confused, can you elaborate? The DPRK is North Korea's name for itself. WPK is its majority party. Are you claiming they're part of a political international that wikipedia is on good terms with?

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, I counted a few (there are eighteen Communist internationals).

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Okay but which one is wikipedia aligned with? Could you link to your information? I'm trying to learn.