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| | The Pyongyang Metro: Statistics |
 | | Like most North Korean statistics, this figure may be inaccurate, as it has been reported since the mid-1980s, and may not include the nearly 2 km between Ponghwa and Puhung, opened in 1987; if this is so the system is approximately 24 km. |
 | | However, a recent focus of North Korean propaganda has been the countrys unreliable electricity supply, and visiting journalists and dignitaries are often presented with a short power cut, which is generally followed by a prepared speech by their Korean minders about the need for energy independence (ie, North Koreas nuclear program). |
 | | The metro, a monumental edifice in the era of the Workers Party, is providing the people with easy access to different parts of Pyongyang and is very instrumental in their ideological and cultural education. |
| www.pyongyang-metro.com /metrostats.html (4176 words) |
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