North Korea wants South African tourists and businessmen to "flood" the country.
Yesterday representatives of the pseudo-Stalinist state went on a charm offensive to woo South Africans and attempted to dispel "mistruths" about human rights abuses, prison camps for dissidents, mass starvation and megalomania.
The country was portrayed as having world-class water parks, ski slopes and hotels, as well as top-notch scientific and industrial research facilities.
North Korean ambassador Jo Yong Man said South Africans "can come at any time and any day, with no restrictions; you can even come right now".
Americans are not so welcome. Man said: "They have driven us to acquire nuclear weapons with their colonialist tendencies."
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