I hope it was a Lada.
this post was submitted on 20 Feb 2024
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Samara with rear de-fogger
Maybe yet one more Volvo?
"... in 1974, the Swedish government agreed to send over $70 million in heavy machinery to the satellite state, along with that batch of 1,000 Volvo 144 sedans to serve as taxis. A year later, with economic ties deepening between the two countries, Sweden became the first Western nation to open an embassy in Pyongyang.
Unfortunately, the good times wouldn't last. North Korea's economy began to falter soon after, and though Sweden has maintained diplomatic relations with the country—much to the benefit of detained American citizens—the Hermit Kingdom never actually paid for all those Volvos..."
https://www.thedrive.com/news/16660/this-is-how-north-korea-once-stole-1000-volvos-from-sweden
I wonder how many listening devices it has.
There's certainly precedent.
Okay, that’s a cool spying device.
Is no engine, just listening devices.
Um, ok?
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been gifted a car by Russian President Vladimir Putin in recognition of their “special personal relations”, state media has reported.
What? I can't tell if it's editor's joke or they really hypnotized themself into calling everything by 'special' euphemisms.
Special gay sex.
Yugo
Not right now, I go Lada
It’s niiiiiiccccce