article_snippet: The rural outpost is part of a project to create homestays for tourists, allowing tourists a glimpse of life in North Korea, albeit a very sanitised version of reality.
article_snippet: Only huge murals of the smiling Kim Il Sung bring color to these bleak landscapes.
article_snippet: The beautiful portrayal of rural life provides the North Korean government a flattering image to capitilise on.'
article_snippet: Immediately, I fear I'm in a North Korean tourist trap, complete with actors portraying reality.'
article_snippet: I tell The Chinese, especially those from Beijing that it is because the North Korean regime is more successful than the American government!'
article_snippet: North Korean agriculture works under quite difficult conditions, most of North Korea's territory is occupied by mountains and is thus not arable, the little land that is left faces many problems.
article_snippet: As is tradition in North Korea, the night ended with music.
article_snippet: I tell the tourists who visited the village, 80% that it is because the North Korean regime is more successful than the American government!'