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Visiting the North Korean library
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Johan Kruseman
Updated on 4 September 2024
Updated on 4 September 2024
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 down, and right-click again to get the same quick menu. When a new person came to a computer, they wouldn’t start their own search but would just investigate the search results of the previous person. Were they using a computer for the first time? Did they have to be there to give the library a busy and well-used appearance?
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Traveled route: Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge, Pyjongyang, Kaesong Checkpoint, Wonsan, Hamhung
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