Inside North Korea: Empty Screens And Blank Faces As Rocket Launch Fails -- The Telegraph
It was meant to be a triumphant day for Kim Jong-un and his North Korean generals. But, as Angus Walker reports, things didn't quite go as planned.
The North Korean minder did not mince his words. "Be careful what you say, you're in Korea now," he told me, speaking in perfect English.
He was repeating the warning given to another foreign reporter just the day before. "Please don't use words like 'regime' or 'dictatorship," he added.
The tone was set for this, my second assignment in North Korea. There were also pictures we couldn't use.
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My Comment: I was surprised by the open admission from North Korea on their failed rocket launch. They are notoriously secretive on failure .... evenly doubly so with the leadership changes that they are now undergoing. But in the Potemkin village known as North Korea, their response has now returned to what is known to be typically North Korean behavior.
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