Absurdity Quotes in Pyongyang

This is our first introduction to the sheer absurdity of North Korean politics. A man can be president after death? Sure, we’ll admit that most dead people we know could govern better than 90% of our politicians—but we still don’t go around electing them to office (well, most of the time, anyway).

Here we see where some of North Korea’s money goes: into upgrading their broadcast technology to HD. But (dare we ask): if no one has a TV, what’s the point? What does this say about North Korea’s priorities?

Guy (upper-case G) hasn’t been in North Korea long, but he’s been there long enough that a man walking backwards seems like the most normal thing he’s seen in a while.