Inside North Korea 2011

[unreal.livejournal.com]

A rare look inside North Korea as seen by photographer David Guttenfelder.







































































Source: washingtonpost

Comments

[periodpains.livejournal.com]

qt. my next holiday destination tbqf

[thomaswilmoore.livejournal.com]

Seems fun :P

[seines.livejournal.com]

better than i thought tbh, especially the amusement park ones and the one with the camera in it
but thats probably what they want us to think

[tippani.livejournal.com]

"but thats probably what they want us to think"

mte, can't forget this picture

[funkaliciousss.livejournal.com]

wow that harameoni looks like she's squeezed into the bus.

[aures.livejournal.com]

no matter how i look at it, it just looks so sad and grey to me... no joy, no happiness

[kiminikaeru.livejournal.com]

mte

[lysblack.livejournal.com]

omg idk why i loled when i saw the pool :/

you can see this was all stage for 'americans' see.

also, i always had weird fascination with north korea, way before my kpop fangirl days, and i always wanted to visit there.

[tippani.livejournal.com]

I remember during the ONTD post for Kim Jong Il's funeral, people posted pictures of his compound and he had two pools or something. :/

You can read about one man's very detailed experience here if you still want to go: http://www.1stopkorea.com/index.htm?nk-trip1.htm~mainframe

[funkaliciousss.livejournal.com]

im terribly afraid of water slides. i always imagine getting stucked inside and then drowning as the water continues to rush in.

[honeebs.livejournal.com]

Perfect like an art exhibition, they look amazing but they are approved photos of eyefriendly places.

[markovnikov.livejournal.com]

qt we should send snsd to north korea imo

[funkaliciousss.livejournal.com]

um.. it might very well happen, apparently he is a big fan of them.

thats what i heard. but of course it could all be bullshit lol.

[a-life-defiant.livejournal.com]

mte! I was like: "Deserted Umbrella Corp facilities? O_o"

[asth77.livejournal.com]

why are the roads so empty?

[goshipgurl.livejournal.com]

iirc cars are expensive in north korea so most people dont have one
gas is apparently really cheap there tho

[mrawwe.livejournal.com]

It seems so empty though.

[cher-ex3.livejournal.com]

OT, but cutest little boy ever.

[691979082.livejournal.com]

It looks so desolate with no cars on the roads and the buildings looking all the same with no signs.

[sglitzys.livejournal.com]

Surprise to see an amusement park but it's what they want us to see. Also why the need for such big roads when the government issue cars, it's a waste of money in that case.

[ebenetwo.livejournal.com]

is that k-stew in your icon? this is the first time i've seen her that alive, whoa, what was she saying?

[uledy.livejournal.com]

I don't believe anything I see- from any country's media to be honest. Some may call this propaganda but there's some form of propaganda everywhere (Although I can only speak in for the US since that's where I've lived most of my life). Some is just more overt than others, imo.

[hugtimes.livejournal.com]

it's like disneyland but better.

[goshipgurl.livejournal.com]

tbh i think even the people in east germany had a better life than the people in north korea

[nissy-angel.livejournal.com]

Empty.

[nekohae.livejournal.com]

And still they have better roads than we have in Poland OTL...

[morgenderper.livejournal.com]

Cause no cars roll.

[babydollnana.livejournal.com]

great

if you're interested in this kind of thing check out the work of

Charlie Crane (http://www.shockblast.net/welcome-to-pyongyang/) and Eric Lafforgue 1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mytripsmypics/sets/72157604812751507/), 2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mytripsmypics/sets/72157627770809988/)

Keeps me occupied for hours looking at these!

[konichiwacobra.livejournal.com]

It really does look like going back in time. Everything is so drab and dated. It's just so sad.

[neechee-striped.livejournal.com]

it's really sad and disturbing.. and i feel like i shouldn't be watching this o_o

[tiggie0307.livejournal.com]

I would like to visit NK for myself. (to see if teens really do were skinny jeans there)

[sayufied.livejournal.com]

LOL me too.

[kiwilovekiwi.livejournal.com]

Wow the first pic sure looks like an industrial painting!! *O* And that bridge stone with the two ladies!!! Impressive!!

[lilykt7.livejournal.com]

have you guys ever seen the videos of shinhwa and baby vox performing in nk? crazyyy

[exeuntpbabear.livejournal.com]

oh my god, i love those videos. SO MUCH SECONDHAND EMBARRASSMENT.