The passing of Kim Jong–il the supreme leader of North Korea this december wasn’t a shock or surprise, it mainly made me think. It interested me, the whole idea of North Korea interested me.  After reading an article about the tourism of North Korea and how each vistor is accompanied by a guard who shows the traveller what he/she is permitted to see.  So in turn people are watching a trailer of what Kim Jong-il wanted them to see.  I also heard (because most of it is speculation) that when looking from South Korea the  North have constructed fake ‘picture perfect’ towns, to make the Southerners jealous. Genius. From what I can tell, the man was a legend, i’m talking Beatles big, Elvis big, even, dare I say it… Justin Bieber big! How one country in the whole world, was able to build up this hype of secrecy and individuality, with a army to scare the biggest nations and nuclear warheads to demand  attention. It’s interesting how sooooo little is known about such a big ego, that is North Korea.  You have to respect the attitude I guess, I’m guessing all isn’t as it seems in the country, but I’ve never been, so who am […]