• Deceptichum@quokk.au
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    4 months ago

    Swimming is often a recreational activity, North Koreans aren’t well known for their luxuries such as recreation.

    I suspect in school they learnt how to worship eternal ruler and his family instead of swimming lessons as well.

    So not too many opportunities for a nork to swim.

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      4 months ago

      I imagine somebody well connected enough to be an envoy doesn’t share in the living conditions of the average citizen

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      I don’t know much about North Korea geography (rivers, lakes) but where I am originally from, swimming was something boys learned when playing as children. It didn’t cost anything, you were just using local lake. So this assertion is bullshit, unless this is a cultural thing about North Korea.