From Al-Ahram, which, according to Wikipedia, is one of Egypt’s most widely circulated newspapers and also the country’s second oldest, we get a unique perspective on North Korea:
Indeed, there are advantages to being “backward” — lower expectations, a highly egalitarian social structure, less urban sprawl, far fewer cars, the huge pristine demilitarised zone preserving local bird, animal and insect life. Environmentalists are ecstatic about the possibilities of preserving this huge swathe separating the two states. North Korea’s basic infrastructure of roads and railways, public health facilities and schools are all in place.
You can’t make this stuff up.
