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By MATT SHUHAM Published SEPTEMBER 18, 2017 1:07 PM
Contrary to President Donald Trumps claims, there arent any obvious signs of gas lines in North Korea, according to the Washington Post.
At the United States urging, the United Nations Security Council recently passed additional sanctions against the totalitarian state for its leader Kim Jong Uns continued testing of nuclear-capable missiles, and recently, another underground nuclear test. The sanctions slash North Korean oil imports by 30 percent, the U.S. Mission to the United Nations said. The U.S. had originally requested a complete oil embargo but faced potential vetoes from China and Russia, the Post reported.
Trump claimed Sunday that there were [l]ong gas lines forming in North Korea, but that the claim wasnt supported by on-the-ground accounts, according to the newspaper:
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One foreign resident of Pyongyang told the Post, we are not aware of any long queues at the gas stations, adding: At least, I havent noticed anything. I asked a few Koreans, and they havent seen anything either.
Another foreign resident told the newspaper that traffic was as heavy here as Ive seen it on Friday, normal on Saturday and quieter on Sunday.
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(111,244 posts)Pyongyang has a great subway and light rail system. The rest of the country pretty much stays where they are, travel being made difficult as a matter of control. Government insiders have cars, along with the few well off manufacturers. Raw footage shot by the BBC a year or so ago showed crowds of people going to and from work on mass transit, but the streets nearly empty of cars. The effect was beyond weird, a typical city full of high rises, and no gridlock, anywhere.
At least Dumpster Fire is consistent in one area, he's consistently ignorant about the whole world.