Swordsmyth
06-20-2018, 05:56 PM
Anti-American propaganda has reportedly disappeared from North Korea following the summit between the two countries leaders in Singapore earlier this month.
Western tour operators speaking with Reuters (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-usa-gifts/north-korea-scraps-anti-american-souvenirs-after-summit-tour-operators-say-idUSKBN1JG0XB) say anti-American souvenirs have been taken off the shelves of gift shops on the North Korean side of the Demilitarized Zone.
According to Simon Cockerell, general manager at Koryo Tours, items such as stamps and postcards bearing hostile messages regarding the U.S. are no longer available.
“They’re always very popular, not very subtle, and, as of now, have all been removed,” Cockerell said.
Rowan Beard, a tour manager at Young Pioneer Tours, described the change as the most significant shift he’s seen at the border.
“In five years working in North Korea, I’ve never seen them completely disappear before,” Beard said.
The guide added that the change appeared to be abruptly made shortly after the U.S.-North Korean summit.
Aside from small gifts alongside the heavily fortified border, once prominent anti-American propaganda posters in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang have also vanished.
As reported last month by NK News (https://www.nknews.org/2018/05/in-pyongyang-anti-u-s-propaganda-posters-mostly-disappear/), both anti-American and pro-nuclear content has been replaced with messages regarding domestic issues.
More at: https://www.infowars.com/anti-u-s-propaganda-has-disappeared-from-north-korea-tour-guides-say/
Western tour operators speaking with Reuters (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-usa-gifts/north-korea-scraps-anti-american-souvenirs-after-summit-tour-operators-say-idUSKBN1JG0XB) say anti-American souvenirs have been taken off the shelves of gift shops on the North Korean side of the Demilitarized Zone.
According to Simon Cockerell, general manager at Koryo Tours, items such as stamps and postcards bearing hostile messages regarding the U.S. are no longer available.
“They’re always very popular, not very subtle, and, as of now, have all been removed,” Cockerell said.
Rowan Beard, a tour manager at Young Pioneer Tours, described the change as the most significant shift he’s seen at the border.
“In five years working in North Korea, I’ve never seen them completely disappear before,” Beard said.
The guide added that the change appeared to be abruptly made shortly after the U.S.-North Korean summit.
Aside from small gifts alongside the heavily fortified border, once prominent anti-American propaganda posters in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang have also vanished.
As reported last month by NK News (https://www.nknews.org/2018/05/in-pyongyang-anti-u-s-propaganda-posters-mostly-disappear/), both anti-American and pro-nuclear content has been replaced with messages regarding domestic issues.
More at: https://www.infowars.com/anti-u-s-propaganda-has-disappeared-from-north-korea-tour-guides-say/