'One of Kim Jong Un's definable domestic policy initiatives is the improvement of leisure facilities in the DPRK as a tool to raise the peoples' standard of living.'
A lot of media attention was drawn this week to Kim Jong-un's visit to the "Masik Pass Skiing Ground," under construction on the east coast. This, however, is not the DPRK's first foray into skiing. The DPRK's first ski run is a simple downhill slope at the resort town of Samjiyon--in the far north east in the shadow of Mt. Paektu (pictured above).
[caption id="attachment_109851" align="aligncenter" width="690"] North Korea's twp ski resorts, mapped[/caption]
A lot of media attention was drawn this week to Kim Jong-un's visit to the "Masik Pass Skiing Ground," under construction on the east coast. This, however, is not the DPRK's first foray into skiing. The DPRK's first ski run is a simple downhill slope at the resort town of Samjiyon--in the far north east in the shadow of Mt. Paektu (pictured above).
[caption id="attachment_109851" align="aligncenter" width="690"] North Korea's twp ski resorts, mapped[/caption]
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