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On 13/05/2013 13:08, Recliner wrote:
On Mon, 13 May 2013 12:54:14 +0100, Roland Perry
wrote:

In message , at 11:04:42 on
Mon, 13 May 2013, Recliner remarked:
There's a pedestrian on the motorway in this pic, but the main lesson
is how drivers have to weave their way along the broad highway to
avoid craters:

So the problem seems to be a lack of tarmac paving the road, rather than
just having crushed stone?

Even when there is tarmac, it tends to be in poor condition (it's
probably another thing they're short of, as well road building
machines). Concrete roads probably do badly in North Korea's weather
(very cold winters, hot summers) and need more maintenance than they
can provide.

How was the road to Kaesong, however, considering its importance from a
military and political perspective?

As expected, that dual-carriage road was much much better maintained. Still
not to UK standards, but capable of 100 km/h or so. As you get nearer to
Kaesong, there are anti-tank barriers in every cutting that look like
they've been there a long time.
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