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Octubre 11, 2006

El silencio de Pyongyang

Martin Regg Cohn, del diario canadiense Toronto Star, es uno de los pocos periodistas occidentales que han viajado en varias ocasiones a Corea del Norte:

Emerging from your cloistered hotel — almost always in the company of government minders — the first thing that strikes you about North Korea is the silence.

The world may be in a frenzy about the Axis of Evil, but morning rush hour in Pyongyang is a strangely subdued affair. With virtually no cars on the road, and only a handful of dilapidated trams lumbering down the creaky tracks, the enduring sound in this capital of 3 million people is that of shuffling feet.

Columns of commuters walk to work, avoiding all eye contact, staring intently at their shoes. Cocooned in a time capsule that has managed to produce a nuclear bomb.

Inside the Hermit Kingdom.

Posted by Ińigo at Octubre 11, 2006 02:22 PM

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Sobre el tema es impresionante (y entretenidisimo) el comic de Guy Delisle Pyongyang.

Posted by: Edu at Octubre 11, 2006 04:29 PM