N. Korean water infrastructure needs repairs - engineer



Evergreen N. Korean water infrastructure needs repairs – engineer Practicing Christian offers his take on Pyongyang's version of Catholic mass Gianluca Spezza March 20, 2014 SHARE COPY LINK FACEBOOK X LINKEDIN MASTODON Dualta Roughneen What can a water engineer tell us about North Korean society? Well, after spending two years there, Dualta Roughneen of Ireland can say that North Korea has the vestiges of a good water supply system, though it was clearly damaged, and quite severely, by the famine and economic crisis of the mid-1990s. “From what I could see, it looked like prior to the challenges brought by the economic collapse the country would have had a reasonably good standard of community infrastructure, but it is all in need of repair now,” said Roughneen, author of the recently released North Korea: © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. No part of this content may be reproduced, distributed, or used for commercial purposes without prior written permission from Korea Risk Group. Get the Daily Update & Podcast Updates Start your day with the North Korea stories that matter most – as selected by Trending

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N. Korean water infrastructure needs repairs – engineer

Practicing Christian offers his take on Pyongyang's version of Catholic mass

Gianluca Spezza March 20, 2014

N. Korean water infrastructure needs repairs – engineer

Dualta Roughneen

What can a water engineer tell us about North Korean society?

Well, after spending two years there, Dualta Roughneen of Ireland can say that North Korea has the vestiges of a good water supply system, though it was clearly damaged, and quite severely, by the famine and economic crisis of the mid-1990s.

“From what I could see, it looked like prior to the challenges brought by the economic collapse the country would have had a reasonably good standard of community infrastructure, but it is all in need of repair now,” said Roughneen, author of the recently released North Korea:

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Gianluca Spezza

Gianluca Spezza earned his PhD in 2017 from the University of Central Lancashire under the supervision of Professor Hazel Smith, on the strength of research on the cooperation between UNICEF and the DPRK in education and childcare. Dr Spezza is an assistant professor of international relations and a senior researcher at the DPRK Strategy Center at KIMEP University in Almaty, Kazakhstan; he is writing a monograph on education, international cooperation, and human capital in North Korea (Palgrave 2021). His work on the DPRK, articles or interviews, can be found, among others, on the websites of the BBC, The Guardian, The Diplomat, IRIN News, NK News, DR.dk, Newsweek Korea, and El Confidential.

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