"Road transport in North Korea is very limited — only 724 kilometers of the 25,554 kilometer road network are paved, and maintenance on most roads is poor"
It's almost like they're under crushing sanctions and blockades by the entire western "free market" and making it impossible to secure resources needed to maintain their society. But no, Korean man bad.
if they arnt they should be. fucking death traps waiting to happen. theres several bridges around me that have visible deformation and heavy breaking along their underside. but they fix the pot holes sometimes so its fine :this-is-fine:
i hope when korean reunification happens china will build the bri through korea accelerating the DPRK's development to the fastest ever seen in history.
Sadly that most likely isn't happening anytime soon due to the stranglehold the reactionaries have over the Korean government and the -I shit you not- koch funded far-right wing propaganda machine that constantly pushes red scare on the Korean population.
The ROK's managed to claw enough back enough national clout that they can steer their destiny without being dictated what to do by the U.S.
For example if - Allah forbid it - the U.S decides to declare war upon the PRC, then the ROK would most likely adopt a policy of neutrality as it's best course of action as they would literally be THE FRONTLINE of any land invasion attempted against the PRC. The Indochinese countries that border the PRC may have varying degrees of agreement or hostility to the PRC, but they wouldn't want American invaders on their soils again. The last possible avenue of land invasion for the U.S would be via the Indian subcontinent through the Himalayas, and those are near-impossible for us to move an adequate invasion force through. Now one might reason that the ROK could be pushed to capitulate to U.S demands through economic threats, but if you should understand one thing about Korea as a whole peninsula, it's that the scars inflicted by the Korean war are still there and the genocidal extermination of Koreans from American brutality are still in the collective subconscious the the people of The Land of the Morning Calm.
"Road transport in North Korea is very limited — only 724 kilometers of the 25,554 kilometer road network are paved, and maintenance on most roads is poor"
It's almost like they're under crushing sanctions and blockades by the entire western "free market" and making it impossible to secure resources needed to maintain their society. But no, Korean man bad.
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Aren't all US bridges designated "about to collapse" or something like that
if they arnt they should be. fucking death traps waiting to happen. theres several bridges around me that have visible deformation and heavy breaking along their underside. but they fix the pot holes sometimes so its fine :this-is-fine:
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i hope when korean reunification happens china will build the bri through korea accelerating the DPRK's development to the fastest ever seen in history.
Sadly that most likely isn't happening anytime soon due to the stranglehold the reactionaries have over the Korean government and the -I shit you not- koch funded far-right wing propaganda machine that constantly pushes red scare on the Korean population.
is that or the US occupation the bigger obstacle?
The ROK's managed to claw enough back enough national clout that they can steer their destiny without being dictated what to do by the U.S.
For example if - Allah forbid it - the U.S decides to declare war upon the PRC, then the ROK would most likely adopt a policy of neutrality as it's best course of action as they would literally be THE FRONTLINE of any land invasion attempted against the PRC. The Indochinese countries that border the PRC may have varying degrees of agreement or hostility to the PRC, but they wouldn't want American invaders on their soils again. The last possible avenue of land invasion for the U.S would be via the Indian subcontinent through the Himalayas, and those are near-impossible for us to move an adequate invasion force through. Now one might reason that the ROK could be pushed to capitulate to U.S demands through economic threats, but if you should understand one thing about Korea as a whole peninsula, it's that the scars inflicted by the Korean war are still there and the genocidal extermination of Koreans from American brutality are still in the collective subconscious the the people of The Land of the Morning Calm.
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