North Korea is horribly fascinating in many ways, one of which is its absolute determination to meet official targets whatever the cost. It lies on the outer limits of target culture, but it is still target culture, essentially the same game our officials play.
N. Hwanghae Province tells new house owners to move in or face punishment
“These ostensibly new houses may look fine on the outside, but residents have to install the heating, put up the wallpaper and tile the floors by themselves," a source told Daily NK
The North Hwanghae Province People’s Committee is warning the recipients of newly built rural homes that they will be sent to labor camps unless they promptly move into their homes, Daily NK has learned.
The source said that many of the newly constructed houses in rural areas in North Hwanghae Province remain empty because the residents assigned to those houses have not moved in yet.
“The houses aren’t ready for immediate occupancy because septic tanks haven’t been built yet,” he explained.
Government officials who were determined to report the completion of the rural home construction plan in the first half of the year handed out residency permits for the new homes and carried out housewarming events before sewage facilities were even built, the source said.
3 comments:
Bit like Milton Keynes or Thamesmead then...
Sounds like the houses were built by Per-Si-Mon, Bel Wei, and Ba Rat.
Scrobs - so I hear, although it seems to be spreading.
Sam - Ba Rat reminds me of the helicopter ad in the seventies. In spite of all the advertising they managed to acquire something of a negative reputation.
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