https://padlet.com/mmpinson18/xfvsyvv16cpe TNYTimes Article en-us 2016-11-17 19:42:41 UTC 2025-11-08 06:23:25 UTC hello@padlet.com mmpinson18 https://padlet.com/mmpinson18/xfvsyvv16cpe/wish/138548641 2016-11-17 19:57:21 UTC https://padlet.com/mmpinson18/xfvsyvv16cpe/wish/138548641 mmpinson18 https://padlet.com/mmpinson18/xfvsyvv16cpe/wish/138550111 2016-11-17 20:02:09 UTC https://padlet.com/mmpinson18/xfvsyvv16cpe/wish/138550111 mmpinson18 https://padlet.com/mmpinson18/xfvsyvv16cpe/wish/138550421 "It serves up a taste of cosmopolitan savvy for the city’s elite — and proof to foreign visitors that all is well in the nation despite punishing economic sanctions, international isolation and intermittent reports of deprivation and famine."]]> 2016-11-17 20:03:11 UTC https://padlet.com/mmpinson18/xfvsyvv16cpe/wish/138550421 mmpinson18 https://padlet.com/mmpinson18/xfvsyvv16cpe/wish/138550805 North Korea is racked with poverty. ]]> 2016-11-17 20:04:35 UTC https://padlet.com/mmpinson18/xfvsyvv16cpe/wish/138550805 mmpinson18 https://padlet.com/mmpinson18/xfvsyvv16cpe/wish/138551270 "The North Korean government strictly controls what foreigners can see, so it is difficult to know to what extent Pyongyang’s new urban amenities are real or how many people can enjoy them."]]> 2016-11-17 20:06:07 UTC https://padlet.com/mmpinson18/xfvsyvv16cpe/wish/138551270 mmpinson18 https://padlet.com/mmpinson18/xfvsyvv16cpe/wish/138551392 "It is a sore point for the North that its economy is so far behind that of South Korea, its neighbor and archenemy, and the government has tried to keep its chin up despite crippling sanctions imposed over its human rights abuses and nuclear weapons program."]]> 2016-11-17 20:06:32 UTC https://padlet.com/mmpinson18/xfvsyvv16cpe/wish/138551392 mmpinson18 https://padlet.com/mmpinson18/xfvsyvv16cpe/wish/138551426 15 percent of Pyongyang’s population are members of the privileged class]]> 2016-11-17 20:06:36 UTC https://padlet.com/mmpinson18/xfvsyvv16cpe/wish/138551426 mmpinson18 https://padlet.com/mmpinson18/xfvsyvv16cpe/wish/138551514 "After the show, I tried to take a photograph of the performance area, but a guide assigned to me by the dolphinarium grabbed the camera and deleted the picture. “You can see the workers cleaning the stage, and they are not dressed smartly enough,” she said before walking off."]]> 2016-11-17 20:06:52 UTC https://padlet.com/mmpinson18/xfvsyvv16cpe/wish/138551514