I'm not saying NK is fantastic, but I would assume olympic athletes don't live that bad in NK (don't take the media as nonbias without exaggeration, it will always have dashes of it). The capital looks a lot better than most 3rd world countries, I mean Pyongyang vs many capitals is a blow out. I bet they're looking at Rio with very little envy with the exception of the beach (you won't get your shyt stolen and your head busted in Pyongyang). Everyone always thinks their home is better than the outside world, just look at americans. Folks will live in the shyttiest neighborhood and wouldn't relocate abroad for the life of them. Sampe applies to NK, they don't know any better.