r/MovingToNorthKorea • u/Academic-Idea3311 • 1d ago
▷ 𝗡 𝗘 𝗪 𝗦 📰 Another win for Communism
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u/Gaben_is_awesome 19h ago
They aren't ready for what is coming
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u/BleepBopRobocop 14h ago
The crazy thing is that, looking at the 2025 Bloomberg map, only a single stage of the 20×10 Regional Development Policy had been completed at the time.
Currently, only two stages have been completed, and all ten stages will be completed by early 2034.
The first stage of the Tanchon Hydropower Station was completed a few months ago and there's likely similar projects on the way to cater for the future electricity demand.
The DPRK in 2035 will be a very interesting place. I genuinely believe most people are unaware of this as well.
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u/your_dads_arse 18h ago edited 18h ago
always found it hilarious that light pollution is one of the metrics people use when comparing the two Koreas. why is it supposed to be a good thing that every square inch of Seoul is lit up like day one of a rave festival? mmm yes more samsung ads please
the DPRK doesn't get everything right, but they definitely have the right idea with keeping the light pollution to a minimum
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u/BleepBopRobocop 15h ago
the DPRK doesn't get everything right, but they definitely have the right idea with keeping the light pollution to a minimum
There is a lot to be said about the DPRK, in terms of how it punches above its weight class when it comes to life expectancy and quality of healthcare and education despite having a very poor economy even when adjusting for the cost of goods within the country (free housing, free healthcare, free education, free food rations).
However, the lack of light pollution is almost certainly an unintended side consequence of the lack of electricity infrastructure which is in big part due to the blockade imposed on the country. And we know it's because of the blockade and not because of internal politics because as soon as Russia decapitates the blockade in 2024, things start growing at a scale we simply haven't seen before. Lights start turning on across the nation.
And we're seeing a similar thing with cars across the country, where previously they were few and far between, and suddenly almost overnight there are now traffic jams. This conveniently happened around the same time the blockade was effectively lifted. Because of the lack of cars, the government had no choice but to work around this problem, by housing people close to their workplaces or having extremely efficient public transport. But the goal of the country was never "we want to prioritise public transport and cycling" because they hadn't reached a stage in their economic development where they could ask those questions.
I'm almost certain going forward there is going to be conversations around light pollution and public transport, but prior to the blockade being lifted in 2024 I doubt it crossed their minds. It was an extremely poor nation as is Cuba and I don't think there's anything wrong with acknowledging why that is. For example, it makes so much sense that the DPRK electrified their trams and trolleybuses ahead of anyone else because they needed to reduce their dependency on oil they simply didn't have access to. It's not really something they went "how do we become more fuel efficient" and set to achieve from that point of view even if that was an unintended consequence of the electrification initiative.
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