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Scholastic Has Some Pro-North

Korean Propaganda For The Kids

While recently book browsing at a local Barnes & 
Noble, I noticed a strange addition to the bookshelf
 holding children’s guides to foreign countries. 
The Scholastic Children’s Press has a series
 called “A True Book,” and one stood out:
 “A True Book About North Korea.” I immediately
 reacted in horror: how could the children’s 
book company delicately explain gulags, slave 
labor, or a militaristic society which starves 
its people while lavishing luxury goods on its ruler?

Of course, the book explained none of these things. It was as if Kim Jong-un himself had written 
a children’s guide to his great kingdom. Scholastic has printed a brochure for North Korea filled with
 outright lies, not to mention lies of omission. The back cover even exclaims, “ALL NEW
 ALL TRUE!” for irony’s sake. Variations of this “TRUE” exclamation appear several times, even
 in the index.

Parroting North Korean Propaganda

It was with horror that I read this description of the Hermit Kingdom on the book’s back cover:
 “The capital city has an excellent subway system. It is decorated with wall paintings and
 chandeliers.” Before even opening the book it was clear it would be completely unfaithful to
 what life is like in North Korea.

There are, in fact, just two subway stations that seem to meet this description. They are the 
only two stations foreigners are ever brought to. North Korean officials claim the whole system
 looks like this, but it’s impossible to know if any other stations even exist. One foreign visitor 
was able to escape his minders and tried to make his way into a station never before visited
 by an outsider. He found it closed. Some North Korea watchers believe parts of the system
 exist, but none are in use, and that there is just a shuttle that runs between the two show 
stations while visitors are present, with actors playing the part of busy commuters. The 
elaborate game North Koreans play to 
keep the illusion of a working system in place is straight out of ‘The Truman Show.’

Read More at  Source: The Federalist
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