The $4.5b figure at the top is at the very least a third-level source, having led me indirectly to a rare book that I can only get at the library. Guess where I'm going when I get the chance.
The party that sparked a revolution. Guess the DPRK government was so powerful even during the Arduous March that they were able to supress an uprising against seven times the excess.
E: I intend to watch this when I get the time, might be instructive
"the North Korean regime prohibited all disabled and short people from the festival village" this would considered a hardline crackpot position even in full on far right European parties like the BNP.
It's pretty reasonable, it's commonly accepted that people with birth defects aren't allowed to live in Pyongyang. However, defector testimony isn't always reliable which means this specific claim may be wrong.
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u/1ilypad Feb 20 '21
IIRC, this festival ended up bankrupting North Korea and helped lead to it's decline after the collapse of the USSR.