Posted on 01/04/2011 2:29:40 PM PST by Skepolitic
Amid the ongoing tensions between North Korea and the international community, a educational scheme created by two young men from the US is engaging directly with citizens and students inside the country. Organisers of the Pyongyang Project say their programme is breaking down barriers to the secretive state that government bodies cannot.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...
"Unlike government-run guided tours, its founders say their project ... unshackles visitors, allowing them to wander around public spaces."
I KID YOU NOT!
I don't know whether the author was being ironic.
Reason.com has already given the Pyongyang Project its 2011 Beatrice Webb Award (for excessive credulity in foreign travel.) http://reason.com/blog/2011/01/03/balloting-closed-2011-beatrice
Reason also notes that on the Pyongyang Project website (http://www.pyongyangproject.org/reflections/testimonials.html), Prof James M., Brown University Professor of History and East Asia Studies, commends the Project for "assembling such an outstanding group of fellow travelers".
I just can't say whether Professor M intends to be ironic.
The proper spelling is pogrom, not program.
So what will people learn, how to make meals out of tree bark?
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