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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mlov43, post: 2322714, member: 16729&quot;]The image that is gold-foil stamped on that beautiful, blue Corinthian leatherette is&nbsp; the DPRK &quot;Chollima&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s an explanation of this claptrap from Wikipedia:</p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>&quot;Chollima is an important symbol in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korea" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korea" rel="nofollow">North Korea</a>. It is the nickname of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korean_national_football_team" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korean_national_football_team" rel="nofollow">North Korean national football team</a>. It gave its name to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chollima_Movement" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chollima_Movement" rel="nofollow">Chollima Movement</a>, which promoted fast economic development, similar to that of the Chinese <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Leap_Forward" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Leap_Forward" rel="nofollow">Great Leap Forward</a> and the Soviet <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stakhanovite_movement" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stakhanovite_movement" rel="nofollow">Stakhanovite movement</a>. After the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War" rel="nofollow">Korean War</a>, the country required rebuilding to function again. In order to expedite the construction, President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Il-sung" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Il-sung" rel="nofollow">Kim Il-sung</a> devised the slogan &quot;rush as the speed of Chollima&quot;.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>Several statues are found of this creature in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyongyang" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyongyang" rel="nofollow">Pyongyang</a>, the capital of North Korea. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chollima_Statue" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chollima_Statue" rel="nofollow">Chollima Statue</a> symbolizes &quot;heroism, the constant, fighting spirit of the Korean people, and the innovations and advance so quickly, at the speed of the Chollima&quot;. A notable one can be found on Mansu Hill, and was finished on April 15, 1961. It stands roughly 46 meters high and 16 meters long, measured from the pavement to the top of the Red Letter of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Committee_of_the_Workers%27_Party_of_Korea" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Committee_of_the_Workers%27_Party_of_Korea" rel="nofollow">Central Committee of the Workers&#039; Party of Korea</a> representing the working class.&quot;</i></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]469724[/ATTACH] </i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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