Picture worth a 1,000 words:

[dixiegrrrrl]

Top dark area: North Korea at night
bottom area: So. Korea at night

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Doesn't that just say it all?

My. God.

:cry:

[MrScorpio]

10. I left South Korea in 1987

The whole two years that I was there, something was ALWAYS under construction

[Qanisqineq]

23. I've lived in S. Korea for the last 4 years

There is still always something under construction. Mostly huge apartment complexes.

[uncle ray]

2. who knew N Korea was a leader in reducing light pollution?

[amborin]

15. +1000 you beat me to it!

[Foo Fighter]

27. And ya gotta admit, it's pretty cool how both countries have their borders

completely lit all the way around. And in a nice, comforting shade of blue. Good choice. I like blue.

[leftstreet]

34. ...

:spray:

[winyanstaz]

38. I noticed that too ;)

[Foo Fighter]

39. Ya know, everybody likes to criticize these other countries but they're

obviously way step ahead of us when it comes to lighting up their borders.

And to to think, we like to promote this country as being superior to all others when it comes to technology. Well, it's blatantly obvious from the pictures that a communist country like North Korea has pulled far ahead of us when it comes to that whole "exterior illumination of our borders" thingy. It's truly a sad day for unfettered capitalism when something like that happens. I don't know about you but I intend to write my Congressmen about the issue because this just cannot stand. I encourage others to join me in my quest for a really super cool light system that will illuminate the borders of all the states in this great country of ours. Well, except for New Jersey because, hey, New Jersey wouldn't be made even one iota cooler by having their border illuminated in really neat colors so let's just scratch them from the list.

Oh, and they should legalize acid and 'shrooms in the same bill because that would be like, WAY friggin' cool.

[dixiegrrrrl]

40. We should light up the borders of the states too. Red and Blue, as needed.

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[Electric Monk]

3. Which is contributing more to global climate destabilization?

[NM_hemilover]

18. yeah , and hey after lil Kim

lets another 1/3 of the N Korean population starve to death he will be a leader in population density control. ;)

[CBR]

21. Ugh... nt

[Arctic Dave]

4. Well, I guess you can say N. Korea is not wasting resources trying to

light up the night. There is nothing wrong with a sky full of stars.

[Warren DeMontague]

13. Oh, for fuck's sake. All the evidence available says that N. Korea is a hellhole.

A serious totalitarian, miserable fucking hellhole.

Good grief. :eyes:

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[Warren DeMontague]

24. Okay,*that* made me laugh.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2kjisMm3M9Y/SWcqngsLLZI/AAAAAAAAHkA/ye65yqJh7Uo/s400/R+Lee+Ermey.jpg


My post was directed as much at the previous post before yours as yours, but anyway, mea culpa. :rofl:

[alsame]

5. I remember a documentary that Christiane Amanpour did a few

years ago about NK for CNN. She was inside for a while and talked about how everything - literally everything - was turned off at night. Sad and frightening.

[change_notfinetuning]

6. Well, we know who not to blame for global warming. What a world, though.

Here's an impoverished country with a near-primitive existence, a crazy, brutal dictator and a nuclear bomb.

As for South Korea, not that long ago, it would have looked pretty much the same. It, too, was very poor. A big reason for their rapid economic success is that instead of keeping everyone down, they chose to lift everyone up. The so called experts tell us that protecting American jobs would be bad for our economy. Looks like it worked out pretty well for South Korea.

[Electric Monk]

33. Sweet dreams

glass half full syndrome, or something

[change_notfinetuning]

36. I wasn't touting the rampant consumerism, if that's what you meant. I was

just trying to point out that South Korea raised its standard of living, largely, through protectionism. I believe that protectionism could save a ton of American jobs and our standard of living. The only downside, the glass half empty for those so inclined to see it that way, would be lower profits. The question for Americans is what do we stand for? A better life for Americans or more profits for corporations without any allegiance to the United States.

[dixiegrrrrl]

7. Looks like that one white spot inN. Korea might be

the capital, Pyongyang.

Here's a startling mind picture:
a North Korean is on average six inches shorter than a South Korean.


Good article on No. Korea in Slate :
A Nation of Racist Dwarfs

http://www.slate.com/id/2243112/pagenum/2

[JNelson6563]

30. Good artcle.

Thanks for posting.

[grantcart]

8. exactly

[damntexdem]

9. Wow, much lower light pollution!

;-)

[MineralMan]

11. Ah, capitalism...

[proteus_lives]

12. The failure of communism in one picture.

[leftstreet]

16. The success of Capitalism in both! n/t

[YOY]

17. Not quite communism...just an insane totalitarianist state that claims it's virtues.

n/t

[amborin]

14. interesting and rec'd...but: it's nice to see dark at night; the lights are pure pollution

every time i fly south at night, from, say, canada to la, it stays nice and dark until about Sacramento, give or take...then it's solid lights and total megalopolis

[DemoTex]

26. I know what you are sayin' .. but

Dark in North Korea's case equates to misery. And the propagandists can't spin that. NK is cold, dark, and dangerous for those who want otherwise.

[amborin]

28. you're right, in N. Korea's case, darkness equates to misery.

surely in many parts of sub-saharan africa, also, where it's also blessedly dark at night. but the lights equate to development, and it's often very sad.

[ddeclue]

19. Don't you know about North Korea's advanced astronomy program?

:rofl:

[dysfunctional press]

22. north korea is more concerned about global climate change and peak oil...?

:shrug:

[ddeclue]

25. No they were all in Pyong-Yang that night for one of their giant parades..

:rofl:

[dysfunctional press]

32. i guess i never realized how big the north korean amish community really is.

:shrug:

[Subdivisions]

29. Have any of you ever explored N. Korea with Google Earth?

It is a pretty bleak looking place. Streets empty of cars, in fact you don't see hardly any cars in Pyongyang despite it being a city of 3.25 million people. And what you do see is most likely military, government, and support/supply/service vehicles. Most N. Koreans get around on bicycle or on foot.

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/kn.html

[-wulf-]

37. Oh yeah

North Korea is an inspiration to us all....


Let's all live in poverty with no heat and lights so that we can save the planet!

*edit*
Of course, I meant to reply to the original post, but shit happens!

[dysfunctional press]

31. it looks like i could get a better night's sleep in north korea....

as long as i stay away from pyongang- that place looks like party central, NK.

[Brother Buzz]

35. An amateur astronomer's dream

assuming the charcoal manufacturing doesn't foul the air