chapotraphouse

You silly communists don't get it. This isn't human nature. Human nature is surrounding yourself with parking lots and stroads and taking heartburn medication every day for your entire life so you can work on digital surveillance and eat processed corn cubes without feeling sick.

huge streets

very few cars

tons of bikes

Such a beautiful country. It's the one I most want to visit, I think. Hopefully someday I can manage it.

it is amazing they got all of those prisoners to pose in those photos for one tourist. clearly this is another example of how epic-marvelbadguy-1894-totalitariorino the North Korea is. So wild and crazy!

I love seeing traditional buildings in the DPRK. Normally you never, ever do because all the coverage is of Pyongyang and almost literally all of the older buildings there were destroyed in the war afaik.

Thank you for sharing! I love seeing North Korea pictures, it's so closed off, I'm always hyper curious about the place.

GOOD POST

Two things always stand out in pictures from NK

1. The buildings have colour and are pretty.

2. No advertising to be seen.

It makes you realize how depressing capitalist cities are.

Beautiful photos, thank you for sharing. What struck me most about the architecture was the use of color, especially bright or pastel ones. And lots of road space but little to no cars, just pedestrians or cyclists. It's nice. The traditional houses look super cool, too.

It really is just a beautiful place, it's a pity I'll likely never get to visit

Uhm, sorry sweaty, but these pictures aren't real. They're hiding all of the oppression out of frame and are also cooking and eating orphans.

i wish i had put some information/statistics about how awful the firebombing of korea was in the original album.

sariwon, for instance, was almost completely reduced to rubble (the US air force estimated the destruction to be at 95%). and yet all wikipedia has to say about the city is that its folk costume street—a popular tour spot, built to showcase old korean traditions and customs—is an "inaccurate romanticized recreation" of an "ideal picture of ancient Korea."

there's no mention of the bombing; not attempt to explain why a street built to preserve old traditions, customs and architectural styles might be important for the city. if it can't be explained as some devious, state-sponsored brainwashing plot, then it's not worth mentioning

I’m going to yell “HA HA HA” and run across the border. Beautiful album.

these are clearly all fake, where are all the rats and dogs eating each other

Fucking suburbs I wish NK was more isolated. Obviously a pretty regular country though