Meaning of Daedong | Babel Free

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Noun. [B1]

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“A drive⟳ around Pyongyang passes building sites filled with mounds of dirt, dump⟳ trucks and cranes, where men in olive green uniforms and yellow hard hats scurry around with spades. Visitors staying at a hotel near the Daedong river go to sleep⟳ and wake⟳ up to the sound⟳ of boats dredging up sand to be made into cement.”

“Who can forget⟳ those Arirang games enacted by tens of thousands of performers in the May Day Stadium on the Daedong River in Pyongyang, or the stunning parade of military prowess last⟳ October 10, the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Workers’ Party? Was a single high-stepping soldier out of sync? Hardly. Was there a flaw in last⟳ weekend’s gathering in Pyongyang of the party faithful? Not likely.”

“One cool morning last⟳ April in Pyongyang, North Korea, I watched a woman squat over a patch of grass along the Daedong River. A large handkerchief covering her head was knotted below her chin, encircling her sunburned and wrinkled face⟳. As a van passed by blaring patriotic hymns from the oversize speakers on its roof, she weeded the riverbank. In North Korea, keeping the neighborhood clean⟳ is a civic duty. But she was far from any neighborhood. She was gathering the weeds for food.”

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