Saturday, May 23, 2020

Factoid of the day

We're watching a K drama the King eternal monarch, (also on netflix) about an alternative universe where the Koreans fought off the Qing and became a super power. 

It has a very confusing plot with the king and his murderous uncle going back and forth between parallel universes, and there is a magic flute and a special sword in the plot just to confuse matters more.

The King is searching for the ladycop who saved his life, and of course falls in love with her...

Hallmark channel, stuff but a lot better;





but when the policeman from South Korea visits the king's alternative universe, she discovers why the king is very rich: because he owns all the rare earth metals in the nothern part of the kingdom.

 Uh what? 

April 2019 article in National interest.org:

Billions in the Ground: The Race to Harvest North Korea's Rare Earth Reserves
Recent studies suggest that North Korea could have the world’s largest deposit of rare earth elements.

well, that explains why China doesn't want Kim to be nice, and why Trumpieboy pointed out to Kim that letting the west develop their resources might lead to everyone there being rich...

Yet in all the discussions about this last year, I hadn't heard any of this mentioned. Maybe I missed it, or maybe none of the MSM noticed it. 

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