Americans breath a sigh of relief, Obama does not ski-North Korean ski resort scheduled to open this week

PHOTOS: North Korean ski resort scheduled to open this week - The Oakland Press Media Center: "MASIK PASS, North Korea (AP) North Korea’s latest megaproject, the Masik Pass ski resort is intended to show that North Korea is as civilized and culturally advanced as any other country.
The complex of ski runs, resort chalets and sleigh rides will formally open Thursday, though the main hotels appeared to be little more than shells late last month, while potholes filled the access roads and foundations were still being dug for secondary buildings.

By the estimate of North Korean ski official, Kim Tae Yong, there are only about 5,500 North Korean skiers in the country of 24 million — a skiing population of 0.02 percent.
Even so, Yong displays no doubt that what his country really needs right now is a multimillion-dollar ski resort in the secluded depths of North Korea’s east coast and bristles at the suggestion that Masik will be a playground for the nation’s elite.
This, he says, is his country at work. 
Proof of the great love of the great leader."