> Go take a sister, then, by the hand
> Lead her away from this foreign land
> Far away, where we might laugh again
> We are leaving, you don't need us
> Guess any laughing won't be won't be in this lifetime.
I thought of that song too. You may recall, the reason the ships were wooden was that in the post-nuclear-holocaust setting of "Wooden Ships", metal had become contaminated with radiation.
Fat Boy has been contaminating his country for many years with his nuclear program, and it would not surprise me to learn that considerable anxiety exists about radiation poisoning among the populace.
"Horror grips us as we watch you die, all we can do is echo your anguished cry..."
North Korean nuclear tests sickening residents with 'ghost disease,' defectors say (FR Thread)
North Koreans who defected but once lived near a nuclear testing site in the rogue nation now believe they are experiencing the dangerous effects of exposure to harmful radiation — and it's triggered severe health problems, according to a report published Sunday."So many people died we began calling it 'ghost disease,'" Lee Jeong Hwa, who in 2010 escaped her home in Kilju County where the nuclear testing site Punggye-ri is located, told NBC News. "We thought we were dying because we were poor and we ate badly. Now we know it was the radiation."
Lee isn’t the only defector who believes the radiation is taking its toll on people who lived there.
South Korean newspaper Chosun Ilbo reported in November that close to two dozen defectors said the area surrounding Punggye-ri is turning into a “wasteland” where vegetation is dying and babies are born with deformities.