What mostly strikes me about this post is how condescending she is about the people there. It's not only about the regime, but here post is basically belittling

What mostly strikes me about this post is how condescending she is about the people there. It's not only about the regime, but here post is basically belittling for the people there. A gew gems of the post: "How that squares with official NK agitprop that Americans are super-evil imperialist bastards is beyond me. " Like every Korean over there wants to eat Americans for breakfast, sigh. Yes, their official pollicy is very anti-American, but has it every stroke her mind that they are also people? And that they can make the distinction between "the American people" and their government. Just as much as I hope that she can make a difference between a person and their leaders. "When we asked how old Un had turned (29? 30?), we were told that "Koreans keep track of age differently" than we do. Alright, then." This one kinda says everything about the author. "No, silly North Koreans, you're under international bank sanctions." All in all, whatever she writes down is an accurate observation, but I would have wanted the tone to be much different. No I mostly read this as a rant from someone who believes is superior to them. I would have liked it more if it was written from a more neutral point of view. But hey, it's the internet, ranting is what has to be done :-) For what it is worth, I've been there a bit over a year ago and what she has seen (besides the official visits) is more or less the same as I have seen. So yes it is all fake of course. But I would definitely visit it again to see other parts of the country.