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But this resort is beyond the imagining of most of the North Korea`s dirt-poor people. The International Olympic Committee received no bid from North Korea to host the Winter Games and even if they had, it would have been beyond the North`s capabilities. Only four slopes were open when NBC News visited, but that had more to do with the blizzard than anything else. A full ski outfit with gear costs several months worth of wages for even the most affluent local customer. Chairlifts take parties of excited schoolchildren from chalets and the resort`s main hotel ? which offers first, second or third-class rooms.