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General Category => QSLs Received => Topic started by: ChrisSmolinski on December 26, 2018, 2223 UTC

Title: DPRK Wall Calendar
Post by: ChrisSmolinski on December 26, 2018, 2223 UTC

More shortwave radio related swag arrived in the mail today, a giant 28 by 14 inch wall calendar from Voice of Korea, DPRK (North Korea).  Click on the link to see all 13 pages from the calendar.

https://imgur.com/a/e5u9PGh

(https://i.imgur.com/ZqvOxl7.jpg)

Title: Re: DPRK Wall Calendar
Post by: MDK2 on December 26, 2018, 2229 UTC

Ah yes, even in death the Great Comrades are with us always. Is there any way to coax you into posting images for every month? :D

Edit: saw the link to the whole album. Most excellent.

Title: Re: DPRK Wall Calendar
Post by: Ct Yankee on December 26, 2018, 2307 UTC

My favorite yearly gift calendar was from KBS - each year a different theme - parks, historic landmarks, religious sites, transportation, etc.  One year it was solely K-pop bands, made for quite the conversation piece in my office.   ;)

Title: Re: DPRK Wall Calendar
Post by: sat_dxer on December 26, 2018, 2356 UTC

flipping a calendar's page ahead of time brings bad luck

Title: Re: DPRK Wall Calendar
Post by: Pigmeat on December 27, 2018, 2303 UTC

Back in the 70's, the National Lampoon ran a parody of Playboy's annual "Girls of The Big 10" (and various conferences) with "Girls of The Communist Bloc". Miss DRNK was a young lady in shredded clothes holding a giant wrench, identified as "Miss Kim; mechanic at Power Station 24" and her line was "My clothes were blown off in boiler explosion".

Title: Re: DPRK Wall Calendar
Post by: Skipmuck on December 27, 2018, 2328 UTC

I noticed that there is a red letter day for the birth of Dear Leader's Father (Feb 16) and Grandfather (April 15), but no red letter for the man himself....found this story.....

https://www.businessinsider.com/why-north-korea-is-not-celebrating-kim-jong-un-birthday-2018-1

Title: Re: DPRK Wall Calendar
Post by: MDK2 on December 27, 2018, 2348 UTC

Quote from: Skipmuck on December 27, 2018, 2328 UTC

I noticed that there is a red letter day for the birth of Dear Leader's Father (Feb 16) and Grandfather (April 15), but no red letter for the man himself....found this story.....

https://www.businessinsider.com/why-north-korea-is-not-celebrating-kim-jong-un-birthday-2018-1

The don't really deify them until after they die, or are getting close to it. Unless his morbid obesity takes him down by the age of 50, it's going to be a long time until he's getting that treatment.

Title: Re: DPRK Wall Calendar
Post by: sat_dxer on December 28, 2018, 0128 UTC

Quote from: Pigmeat on December 27, 2018, 2303 UTC

Back in the 70's, the National Lampoon ran a parody of Playboy's annual "Girls of The Big 10" (and various conferences) with "Girls of The Communist Bloc". Miss DRNK was a young lady in shredded clothes holding a giant wrench, identified as "Miss Kim; mechanic at Power Station 24" and her line was "My clothes were blown off in boiler explosion".

http://www.pyongyangtrafficgirls.com/


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neNr7DrhFWc