The timing of my email may be a bit off however. A little earlier, his webpage had him condemning North Korea for sinking the South Korean navy ship.

Even though the condemnation is justified ( also a friend of mine from South Korea now has a friend who wont be returning home anymore), I probably look like a North Korean sympathiser! lol

Infact, I am probably now on a terrorist watch list from my recent enquires about getting a DPRK visa and liking the way they do things up there to different branches of the government here.

Bah! I still like the traffic ladies!!!

I'd suggest you start an Aussie online petition to encourage the authorities to use trafficwomen using yahoo or facebook or whatever - tell people to send emails in en masse.

If you are on a terrorist watch list, at least you have their attention now!

That poor lady has been on the job to long. "lollypop women" - I had no idea.

I did find a slightly cuter one -


And I found a very cute Australian policewoman!

Just think how sweet she'd look in a cute traffic girl uniform.

I have not given up! I emailed our new Prime Minister, but as she is a woman, maybe she wont like the idea because she would not be considered attractive enough for the job herself...

"sexy" is not really what comes to mind there.

But that Ukranian PM - holy schmoly!

Hmm, Ukraine is looking better and better!!

Well, my email was probably not even checked by the PM. It was forwarded to the same minister who declined the first time. As he is on leave, some other minister replied basically saying I got my answer from him the last time.

I'm not giving up!!

I'm emailing the PM again and telling her that there are many beautiful traffic officers in North Korea that have possible been made redundant and if Australia could put in a request to employ them for use in Australian cities. If only for a short trial at least.

We dont have to train anyone new, and given what they are used to being paid, I'm sure they'll be happy with almost anything!

And Mr Il can be pleased that a western country is looking to North Korea for ideas on the way things should be done. I'm sure it will be very good for his propaganda campaigns.

I'm also going to send the same sort of email to every traffic minister in every other state.

I'm going to be a real pest until I get a decent answer!!!!

Here is what I sent the PM


Subject: Traffic ladies of North Korea

Hi, I have recently learned the sad news that after decades of service, the traffic ladies of Pyongyang, North Korea are being retired in favour of LED traffic control lights. These women have done an outstanding job in directing traffic and it would be a shame for their talents to go to waste. They are a North Korean icon that many thousands of tourists come to see each year.

However, I was thinking this would be a great opportunity to put in a request to North Korea if we could perhaps employ them for use in Australian cities.

Many 'chosen' North Koreans do work/study outside of North Korea for short periods of time so with some negotiating I think it can be arranged to employ some of them here if we could grant them access to work here. Given the job that they will be doing, there is nothing these ladies could learn about us that the North Korean Government couldn't already find out on the internet. The security risk of having these particular North Koreans here is negligible.

I also think it would be a valuable cultural exchange for both our countries as I know both sides have a lot to learn. I think at the very least it could be a flattering gesture which may soften the North Korean states stance on Australia in the future given our alliance with the US.

I have confidence that there would be no problem and I offer to take full responsibility for their conduct. Despite what many people are led to believe, the general population of North Koreans are very friendly. I also think if the world learns that we have them here, we could bolster our own tourism industry at the same time.

I urge you to consider this proposal and would appreciate your thoughts on this matter.

Thanks for your time,

It's always said that persistence is the key! I admire your determination to get a reply from the authorities there.
Of course you've made some valid points, and you may actually get some attention from higher-ups with all your emails - "who is this person that keeps pestering us about North Korean traffic women ... and why?".
The unique subject alone might cause the screeners to send it through to the PM, and she may actually be amused enough to respond.
But unfortunately 1. It's unlikely that they would ever 'import' PTGs to work the traffic there, and 2. It's even more unlikely that NK would ever allow them to leave the country.
BUT it may plant a seed with them to consider a study on possibly having traffic controllers based on the North Korean standard!
We'll be waiting to hear how they respond!

God I'd love to be there when they read those emails! They HAVE to reply - it's too unusual a subject to pass up! Can't wait to see it!