SOME LIES FROM BBC TURKEY REFUTED.

SOME LIES FROM BBC TURKEY REFUTED.

Turkish comrades told us that BBC Turkey had produced a report on the DPRK . Some really toxic lies were told by the BBC . Here are some examples , each with a rebuttal

"They seize passports and visas of tourists at the airport."

No, this is not true . When you arrive at the hotel  usually they take your passport for you to be registered with the people’s security bureau and sometimes with the Embassy of your country (Britain wants British citizens visiting the DPRK to register).
Seizing a visa , how ridiculous !

"Tourists are observed 24/7, need permission to g too toilets, are not allowed to talk to local people, are not allowed to take photos even at the places where they are supposed to be allowed."
1. People can take photos anywhere except for military bases or high security areas. Also some Korean ladies do not like to be photographed , this is traditional
2.  How can people be observed 24/7 , it is not possible .
3.  Never heard of needing permission to go to toilet . I have visited DPRK 15 times and never once had to ask for permission to go to the toilet.


"It’s forbidden for foreigners to exchange ideas with local people.
 You can discuss ideas with the Korean people and exchange views but remember they are independent and have their own ideology and also reject  imperialist , bourgeois and revisionist ideas.
"There isn’t equality between people, they are separated into classes."The DPRK is the most egalitarian society in the world . Income differentials are not big. There is no capitalist or landlord class in the DPRK . The means of production are socially owned. Officials are required to do manual labour .
"People are not allowed to live in the cities unless they are successful from the birth. They need a special permission to visit the cities even."
So why do cleaners and people with ordinary jobs live in the cities  ?

"Only privileged people are allowed to live in the cities, enter restaurants, go abroad. Others can’t even go out of their villages."
Many ordinary people live in the cities , who would drive the buses, trains , etc. Yes ordinary people go to restaurant.

"Only privileged people have all the rights, but others don’t."
In the DPRK everyone is legally equal and there is economic and social economic equality . Working class people are elected to the Supreme People’s Assembly.

"People starve because they can’t afford anything. The poverty is very obvious. Only privileged people are over-weighted. Others are very skinny because the government doesn’t provide enough food for them."
On 15 visits to the DPRK I have never seen anyone starving in the DPRK . Basic food in the DPRK is very cheap , virtually free .Also housing is free.

People don’t live longer than 60 years. They die from starvation and bad health conditions.
Wrong . Life expectancy in the DPRK is 74.5 years . I have seen lots of old people in their 70s and 80s in the DPRK. In fact the government has built many old people’s homes recently.


"Agriculture and husbandry are very poor and not modernized."
DPRK agriculture is modernized. Tractors , rice transplanters and harvesters are used . All the countryside has electricity.
"There is no lightening on the roads or villages."
Streets in the cities and some towns have lights