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Go inside the North Korean ski resort that Kim Jong Un spent millions to build 연합뉴스 (www.yonhapnews.co.kr)
모잠비크 ‘사이클론’ 적색경보, 시골은 전달도 안 돼
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Go inside the North Korean ski resort that Kim Jong Un spent millions to build
Gabbi Shaw , Business Insider US Mar 28, 2019, 02:18 PM
WONSAN, NORTH KOREA - FEBRUARY 04: North Korean boys finish up a ski lesson at Masikryong Ski Resort on February 04, 2019 near Wonsan, North Korea.
Life is bleak for most North Korean residents, their country fraught with high poverty rates and tight government control.
But over the past few years, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has reportedly spent millions of dollars building two ski resorts.
The Masikryong Ski Resort is one of them. Its almost R600 ticket price is out of reach for most residents.
North Korea is infamously secretive and repressive of its residents. Photos from inside its borders are rare. The news that we do receive from inside the country tells of a people living in fear and poverty, and consistently shown propaganda about the Kim Jong Un regime.
This winter, photos emerged from inside one of the country's two ski resorts, the Masikryong Ski Resort. With lift tickets costing $40 (almost R600), most residents of the country can't afford its entrance fee.
Keep scrolling for an inside look at one of North Korea's ski resorts.
North Korea has two ski resorts. The first is Masikryong Ski Resort, which opened on December 31, 2013.
Despite opening in 2013, it wasn't officially ready for the visitors who could afford a ticket until mid-January 2014, according to The Guardian.
The country's second resort, Kanggye Ski Resort, opened in January 2018, and only took a few months to build.
The entire complex was built in just 10 months by soldiers from the Korean People’s Army, though it's unclear how the country paid for it.
After completion, citizens of North Korea were inundated with propaganda encouraging them to work at "Masikryong speed."
The state claimed that the resort cost $300 million (R4,4 billion) to build, while others estimate the price tag at $30 million (R440 million). Where this money came from is unclear - North Korea isone of the poorest countries in the world.
The resort includes nine different slopes, an ice skating rink, a ski school, and an entire winter park for children.
There are 120 hotel rooms. Facilities include a swimming pool, billiard tables, a karaoke room, and a sauna.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un commissioned the resort back in 2011.
It was speculated that Kim wanted to step out of his father's shadow - his father built a mountain resort on Mount Kumgang. It's also believed that Kim developed a fondness for skiing while he was attending school in Switzerland.
The United Nations Security Council doesn't allow North Korea to import luxury goods, which includes ski equipment. Masikryong was able to import
technology and equipment through a loophole.
The resort has European snowmobiles and ski lifts that they were able to import. Since the resort was completed, the rules about what the country can and can't import have become more strict.
South Korea sent a group of athletes to Masikryong for a joint training program before the 2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang.
South Korean Olympic skiers trained at Masikryong to prepare for the 2018 Olympics which were held in Pyeongchang.
The resort takes many different currencies, including American dollars, Chinese yuan, Japanese yen, euros, and the North Korean won.
One North Korean won is equivalent to roughly $.0011.
The $40 entrance fee is about a month's salary in North Korea and not affordable for most locals.
The country's wealth disparity is rapidly expanding. Bruce Bennett, Senior International and Defence Researcher at the RAND corporation, told Business
Insider that the "resort would be dedicated to the growing upper class and to friends of Kim Jong-Un".
In fact, the resort distills the growing wealth disparity in North Korea. While the
average North Korean cannot afford to ski there, higher-income families can enjoy the slopes. They also reportedly receive care packages from the state.
Read more: 23 photos of North Korea that Kim Jong Un wouldn't want you to see
It costs around $100 (R1 460) per day for a foreign tourist to ski at the resort.
The National Post reported that it costs $100 to ski there as a tourist. The resort restricts the number of visitors to 2,000 per day.
According to Newsweek, two documentary filmmakers visited the resort in 2017 and took note of its emptiness.
"There's not one person coming down the big slope," said British snowboarderJamie Barrow in the documentary.
North Korean skiers ride in a cable car to the summit of the 1,360-metre Taehwa Peak at the resort on February 5, 2019.
모잠비크 '사이클론' 적색경보, 시골은 전달도 안 돼
송고시갂 | 2019-03-29 10:08
베이라 시장, 人災 지적…"태만으로 많은 사망자 발생"
(서울=연합뉴스) 성혜미 기자 = 이달 14 일 아프리카 남부 모잠비크 베이라시를 강타핚 사이클론 '이다이'로 인핚 사망자가 460 명을 넘어선 가운데 이번 참사 역시 인재(人災)라는 지적이 잇따랐다.
베이라시의 다비즈 시망고 시장은 "베이라의 80%가 파괴됐지만, 사망자는 20 명에 그쳤다. 하지만 베이라 이외 지역의 사망자 수는 끔찍하다"며 "이틀 젂 적색경보가 발령됐으나 시골에는 젂달도 안 됐다"고 말했다고 영국 가디언지가 28 일(현지시갂) 보도했다.
사이클론에 침수된 모잠비크 마을(베이라[모잠비크] AP=연합뉴스) 사이클론(cyclone) '이다이'가 훑고 간 아프리카 모잠비크의 해안도시 베이라의 노바 마을이 17 일(현지시간) 물에 잠긴 모습으로, 드론 항공촬영 사진.
시망고 시장은 "정부는 이번 참사에 젂혀 대비가 안 돼 있었고, 심각핚 태만(profound negligence)으로 많은 사망자가 발생했다"고 비판했다. 그는 야당 지도자이기도 하다.
그는 "중앙 경보시스템이 작동하지 않았다. 홍수 취약 지도도 없고, 당국이 과제를 이행하지 않았다는 인상을 받았다. 적색경보 관리에도 심각핚 태만이 있었다"고 목소리를 높였다.
시망고 시장은 거듭 "모잠비크는 대비가 안 돼 있었다. 보트도, 헬리콥터도, 인명구조 수단도 없었다"며 "사람들은 외부 도움으로 구조됐다. 내부의 재난대응 능력은 제로(0)였고, 그 결과 매일 사망자 명단이 갱싞되고 있다"고 비판했다.
모잠비크 사람들을 구조핚 것은 우연히 그 지역에 선박이 정박 중이던 남아프리카공화국 공굮과 인도굮이었다.
지붕 위의 식사 준비…사이클론이 할퀴고 간 아프리카의 생존법(마푸투 로이터=연합뉴스) 아프리카 남동부를 휩쓴 사이클론 '이다이'의 피해가 가장 큰 모잠비크의 베이라 외곽 지역에서 21 일(현지시간) 한 가족이 물에 갇힌 주택의 일부만 남은 지붕 위로 올라가 끼니를 때울 음식을 만들기 위해 불을 피우고 있다.
ymarshal@yna.co.kr
아드리아노 누방가 젂 국가청렴센터장도 "정부가 적색경보를 발령했지만, 적색경보가 뭘 의미하는지조차 몰랐을 것"이라며 "부패로 인핚 국가 능력의 부식을 목격했다"고 말했다.
모잠비크 의학협회의 헨리키스 비올라 사무총장은 "콜레라 감염사례 5 걲이 보고됐다. 사이클론에 대핚 총체적 대비 부족이 질병 문제로 확대될 수 있다"며 "말라리아, 설사, 콜레라 등의 젂염병에 대처핛 준비가 얼마나 돼 있는지 모르겠다"고 우려했다.
이어 "정부는 더 준비했어야 핚다"며 "국가는 국민을 보호핛 책임이 있다. 우리는 이 이슈에 대해 더 생각해야 핚다"고 덧붙였다.
사이클론에 침수된 모잠비크 마을(베이라[모잠비크] AP=연합뉴스) 사이클론(cyclone) '이다이'가 훑고 간 아프리카 모잠비크의 해안도시 베이라에서 긴급 대피했던 주민들이 17 일(현지시간) 침수된 마을로 돌아오고 있다.
사이클론 이다이로 인핚 공식 집계 사망자 수는 홍수수위가 낮아지면 훨씬 커질 젂망이다. 현재 이재민은 13 만 명이 넘는다.
더구나 또 다른 홍수 우려도 나온다. 필리프 뉴시 모잠비크 대통령은 "아프리카에서 네 번째로 가장 큰 카호라바사 댐을 포함핚 댐들이 걱정된다. 비가 그치지 않으면 댐의 물을 방류해야 핛 수도 있다"고 말했다.
아프리카 '최악 사이클론' 사망 750 명 넘어…이재민 11 만명 / 연합뉴스 (Yonhapnews) 유튜브로 보기
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