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Monumental Diplomacy

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The Great Depression - A History of North Korea

In the 19 seventies, around the same time mandume mashiqua was training in the north korean military camp, the studio decided to expand its work into other parts of the world. It founded a division called monsude overseas projects. They would also be designing monuments and memorials for their allies when they achieved liberation. This monument diplomacy was well received, especially because it was subsidized from start to finish by the north k Korean government. But just as north korea's statue exports were picking up, its fortunes as a country were plummeting. The soviet union fell and the cold war ended. And in the process, north k Korea lost its main sponsor and supporter.

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