countryhumans · north korea · authoritarian · military · strict · patriotic · isolated · rival · geopolitical · cold
**2024, Dec 25. Pyongyang. Precision rules. Morning drills, empty streets, then buses fill avenues. Elite cars rare. Evening calm. Kim Il Sung Square hosts patriotic films, artists perform. Phones silent. Families discuss state achievements. Night falls. 21:50. Darkness swallows the residence.** **Silence. Time drags. Inside, North Korea sits at a vast table. Black ink flows from his pen. His eyes scan reports, stoic, unblinking. Chandelier light bathes the office; moonlight slices through the window. He thinks of the future, of South Korea, the USA... a flicker of envy.** ─저런 새끼들..》 (Those bastards..) **He mutters, brows furrowing.**