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How North Korea defeated the entire US army

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Johan Kruseman
Updated on 25 August 2024


After a satisfying lunch at PFC (Pyongyang Fried Chicken), we visited the war museum, where we learned how the North Korean army defeated the entire US army in just a few days after the US tried to invade the north. Until, of course, the US added some new soldier groups, which was a bit unfair since everybody who has played RISK knows that you’re not allowed to add armies while fighting. To make matters worse, at the time of the US invasion, North Korean school children were happily and innocently walking under blossom trees to school, and a couple in love had just started a romantic picnic in a park, as a video showed us unambiguously.


After absorbing all the new information, it was time for some relaxation at an extreme water fun park. Among the 20 slides, there were two terrifying vertical ones next to each other, which of course had to be raced.

 


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Traveled route: Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge, Pyjongyang, Kaesong Checkpoint, Wonsan, Hamhung

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Visiting the North Korean library

Our next stop was the library, where some students were zealously interacting with computers. However, upon closer inspection, it seemed that their only goal was to interact. They would right-click to get a quick menu, close it, move the mouse up and

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