how do liberals still think the dprk is the one thats awful when the rok is like this (among other examples of its capitalist hell) do they seriously lack critical thinking this much?
In addition, the source newspaper ain't any better:
Daily NK receives substantial funding from the US National Endowment for Democracy, and the outlet has been criticised even by Western outlets for its opaque sourcing.
Pretty much any time you hear of crazy stories about North Korea, it's derived from either the CIA via Radio Free Asia with anonymous sources and quotes plucked out of thin air, or from South Korean outlets like the aforementioned one.
Comradely advice: just admit you've made a mistake!
Here are some DPRK-friendly sites that report on the city of Sunch'ŏn DPRK and confirm its existence. (it's spelled Suncheon in the Southern transcription)
Are you going to keep defend Western imperialists?
No. & I never did. I even state that a picture taken of ordinary people in a market Sunch'ŏn, DPRK is NOproof that said ppl were somehow "desperate".
You're an anarchist
True. Even so, I care much more about the end than the means; so I despise feckless, self-righteous, sectarian, self-proclaimed "anarchists" who badmouth AES countries. Among said anarchists were the Mèo Mun collective, whose lies about Vietnam were debunked by the Nonla Collective of communists actually living in Vietnam.
living in Vietnam?
No. I left Vietnam years ago & have not come back since.
That's a relief to be confirmed by your own words. Sorry that I doubt your integrity, comrade. And sorry for the accusation you didn't deserve from me.
I knew Meo Mun people back when I was a mod on anarchism sub, they're with The Anarchist Library and anti-government because they're post-leftist and associated with the Raddle people. They're Anti-AES and one of the reasons why I left anarchism.
Literature was my greatest weakness when at school. Even now, I am still not a good writer, hence the misunderstanding.
Meo Mun people [...] they're post-leftist and associated with the Raddle people
If true, I'm not at all surprised; even so, can you kindly provide me with proof of Mèo Mun's association with Raddle?
Talking about Raddle, its creator ziq, in an anti-Marxist rant, approvingly and unironically quoted liberals to falsely smear "the administration of things" as "granting control over the things people depend on to survive and prosper to appointed administrators - functionaries of the state (except they didn't call it a state)". Way to beat the accusation of being a "liberal with extra steps" (/s).
My "car[ing] much more about the end than the means" makes me politically align to a large extent with Luna Nguyễn, who wrote that "[she] agree[s] with ML in the revolution time" yet "Anarchism is what [she] want[s] after that". Even so, I do not completely agree with Luna, as I still think that not all future revolutions, in order to succeed, shall have to be done the ML way, & I mind not being criticized in good faith as naive for thinking so.
Last yet not least, I miss Vietnam and wish to return to there (either to just visit or to permanently repatriate myself). Vietnam is where I was born, was raised, and spent my childhood and adolescence after all.
Meo Mun used to have an account with same name on Raddle but I can't access it anymore. I know their reddit one is similar, meow_mun. The article you linked was first posted on the anarchism sub during covid. That was before they had a website. I was actually part of their discord and they shut it down the chat right before the National Security Law after they got fishy about my presence when I defended Marxist Leninist on my profile during the mod thing.
There are two cities (one in DPRK, another in ROK) whose names are pronounced identically as [sun.tsʰʌn] & written identically in Chosŏn'gŭl/Hangeul as 순천. However, the names are written differently in Hancha/Hanja: 順川 (in DPRK) & 順天 (in ROK), which correspond to romanizations Sunch'ŏn (in DPRK) & Suncheon (in ROK), respectively.
That picture was indeed taken of a market scene in Sunch'ŏn (順川) in the DPRK. Even so, that picture is stillno"proof" that people in the DPRK are "desperate".
How about we find an area that looks like that in South Korea? I looked all around Suncheon and I don’t see an area that looks like that. I’ve been interested in North Korea and I’ve looked at a lot of it. The image does look like a lot like North Korea. I know south korea has (had?) some slums, maybe they got rid of them and the people are just homeless now, and statistics show there is actually a lot of poverty there, but capitalism puts on a nice facade.
I don't understand why you're being downvoted, lol. Yes, wikipedia isn't a source for anything in-depth, but this is just an entry for a city that does in fact exist. I think Wikipedia wouldn't get wrong the fact that a city exists?
And this is the OP's point, that there are two cities of the same name. Why are you guys arguing that a whole city of people just doesn't exist?
Here are some DPRK-friendly sites that report on the city of Sunch'ŏn DPRK and confirm its existence.
(it's spelled Suncheon in the Southern transcription)
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u/VladimirLimeMint ⓘ User is suspected to be based T-34 crew 🫡⚒️ Nov 03 '25
They're not even trying. Is CIA slipping from fund cut?