[HN Gopher] North Korean (DPRK) Textbooks
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       North Korean (DPRK) Textbooks
        
       Author : duttaditya18
       Score  : 21 points
       Date   : 2021-10-09 22:04 UTC (55 minutes ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (archive.org)
 (TXT) w3m dump (archive.org)
        
       | perihelions wrote:
       | I think some of these aren't North Korean-authored, but
       | international textbooks in unofficial translation. For example,
       | Google matches code samples from "CTBooks1/ANSI_C++.pdf" to this
       | textbook from 1999 (and the front-cover graphic is identical),
       | 
       | https://books.google.com/books/about/Object_oriented_Softwar...
       | 
       | I think the version they're translating is a UK print edition,
       | because the currency unit in the code is "PS".
       | 
       | But the series about Red Star OS [0] are very certainly DPRK-
       | authored.
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       | [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Star_OS
       | 
       | The music textbook is worth noticing (actually-North Korean, as
       | far as I can tell).
        
         | contingencies wrote:
         | I would assume they copy Chinese textbooks as it's the only
         | border.
         | 
         | I wonder if, when discussing ANSI C++, they admit what ANSI
         | means.
        
           | brian-armstrong wrote:
           | The 'A' is short for Juche
        
           | bluepizza wrote:
           | Yes. There is a huge difference between normal population and
           | party or military members. The elites have access to
           | education.
        
       | TedDoesntTalk wrote:
       | If you want to hear English short wave radio broadcasts from
       | North Korea, it is quite entertaining. Here's what to do:
       | 
       | 1. Choose the time you want to listen and note the "target area"
       | at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_of_Korea#English
       | 
       | 2. Choose a WebSDR in the "target area" from this list:
       | http://kiwisdr.com/public/
       | 
       | 3. Tune the WebSDR to the correct frequency and listen. You might
       | try a 2 or 3 different WebSDRs in the "target area" in order to
       | get the best reception
       | 
       | The broadcasts are much shorter than an hour, contrary to what
       | Wikipedia says. The format is usually:
       | 
       | 1. National anthem (very imposing and sounds like a Soviet
       | military anthem in my opinion)
       | 
       | 2. News / headlines. This lasts maybe 3-5 minutes and then is
       | repeated several times
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       | 3. Music
       | 
       | Sometimes the music is before the news. Last time I listened, it
       | was the 73rd anniversary of North Korea's indepedennce and so the
       | news was about all of the congratulations from other nations --
       | the list of which was quite amusing (Cuba, Syria, Iran,
       | Uzbekistan, China, Russia others I don't recall).
        
         | baybal2 wrote:
         | Lol, they even have a Youtube channel...
        
           | 0des wrote:
           | Surely I can postpone my next commit to check this out..
           | spare a link?
        
             | baybal2 wrote:
             | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtwhlnjc_XIsuAquW0SIgUQ/vi
             | d...
             | 
             | I suddenly remembered all those Norko tourists I seen in
             | Vladivostok.
        
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