North Korean workers designed and built numerous monuments, museums and other buildings in southern Africa. This is clear from research by history student Tycho van der Hoog for his master's thesis. These monuments can be an important source of income for a country that has become quite isolated on the world political stage.
When Tycho van der Hoog was wandering through the centre of Windhoek, the capital of Namibia, a few years ago, he could hardly believe what he saw. Suddenly, in the middle of the city, an independence museum that looked decidedly Stalinist loomed up ahead of him. This is the kind of construction you expect to find in countries like China or the former Soviet Union, but what is it doing in southern Africa? ....
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