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Korea / 조선

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A community about anything related to Korea, such as news about the countries (DPRK and south), discussion, photos and videos, the language, etc.

See also: !juchegang@lemmygrad.ml, which is intended for memes rather than serious discussion of these topics.

The picture of this Lemmy community is magnolia (목란), the national flower of the DPRK. The background picture is a scenery of Pyongyang.

Rules:

  1. No imperialist apologia. The DPRK didn't start the war. US imperialist invasion was not justified. Neither are their army bases in south Korea. The sanctions were and are not justified.

  2. Be respectful. The imperialist media likes to describe the DPRK people as completely brainwashed, and that it'd be fine to completely destroy that country in an invasion. Don't act like the imperialist media.

  3. Be skeptical of your sources. Don't trust the media that has been known to report many falsehoods about Korea already. (You may still link to them if they write something interesting / worth reading, just be careful.)

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[–] GenderIsOpSec@hexbear.net 32 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Houses are free and a human right

yeah but have you considered in USA i can choose where to live and pay 3k dollarinos in rents monthly smuglord yea didnt think so, commie

[–] huf@hexbear.net 22 points 1 month ago

the US is being incredibly kind to korea actually. it hasnt bombed any of their houses since the war went cold. so basically, north koreans only enjoy free housing because of the US's commitment to freedom and democracy.

[–] Chump@hexbear.net 20 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I love the use of alphabetization instead of literacy

[–] Robbity@lemm.ee 12 points 1 month ago

It's the word used in French and maybe other languages. Probably a translation error.

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[–] TankieTanuki@hexbear.net 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] oscardejarjayes@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Yeah, that's got me baffled too. I tried a few searches, and all I was getting was results about how the DPRK and ROK differ in alphabetization

[–] TankieTanuki@hexbear.net 30 points 1 month ago (7 children)

I think it's a mistranslation of literacy rate.

[–] KrupskayaPraxis@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 1 month ago

Yeah it is. I think they anglicized the German word. We have the same word in Dutch.

[–] lorty@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 1 month ago

English is most likely not their first language.

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[–] OrnluWolfjarl@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 1 month ago

In several European languages, "alphabetism" is the term used for literacy.

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