The impeccable country of RESPECTED LEADER KIM JONG-UN
>>5043149You'd go to jail for this picture in NK. Not supposed to cut off any part of the statue.
>These people are unhappy because... THEY JUST ARE OK?!!
I've read many books about North Korea recently.They have fat people now.
>>5057200>/pol/-tards are praising NK nowhow surprising
>>5057231Seek help, schizo.
>>5043142Is that his wifey?
>>5043521how'd the euros get there
>>5061145You can technically visit North Korea, but you’re monitored at all times. A tour guide is constantly with you whether you like it or not.
>>5043140did they finish that hotel?
>>5063546I’ll take the one on the left, please
>>5065670I think the outer structure was finished but it's not operating as a hotel yet. They use it as a video wall at night
>>5043139There's nothing powering those
>>5057221>They have fat people now.They even have one of these fat people as their leader of the whole country. Fat people are really moving up in the world.
>>5072094lol
>>5063546...hoto/////////oI bet they have big black bushes with straight hairs too, and a little bit of kimchi flavor
>>5085548Can't go wrong with that, so gorgeous... it looks so kino in the daily intro for North Korean national TVhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKM84cuiLNgFun fact: did you know that Mount Paektu's lake is divided roughly in half between North Korea and China? Did you know that the Chinese used to control the entire territory after negotiations with the Japanese, and that North Korea negotiated with the Chinese to regain part of Paektu because it's a national symbol and their request was granted? Vid related is a fascinating mini-doc on this subject:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aavSNv_gjkghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4_glr9BofI
>>5085548Isn't this holy ground to the NK's? That the only ones that can go there are the Kim family?
>>5087636> Isn't this holy ground to the NK's? That the only ones that can go there are the Kim family?Of course not, it's a national park on both sides of the border. Anyone with a visa can go up there.
>>5086570North Korea claims to have a 100% literacy rate, but the only available books to read are these ones here that were written by Dear Leader.
>>5088463those books look pretty old
>>5089646sometimes things in NK look old because the styles/tech are lagging
>>5090718these books are not one of those times
>>5090718>sometimes things in NK look old because the styles/tech are laggingThis. Just like with Cuba, everything there looks like its frozen in time from the 1950s. That's the state of their advancement, with a few (but not many) exceptions.Its almost like North Korea is a sort of Cargo Cult from when the Soviet Union occupied the area and created the state. They're trying their best to immitate the Stalinist USSR because that was the country which birthed them and made them what they are. So that's why a lot of what we see looks like its a copy of the USSR circa the time of Stalin, because that's what it very much is.And aside from that, they're also impoverished as hell. And also isolated. This has also limited their technological advancement too. It effects even mundane things few people even think about like the quality of those books on that shelf. Books everywhere in the world used to be made like that in the mid-20th century, but you don't see books like that anymore. The quality of paper has changed/improved. The process and technology of making paper, books, printing, and binding it has all improved in various ways. But not in North Korea. They're still doing it however which way Papa Stalin showed them, and its not changed since then.You also have to remember that even though paper is a cheap thing in any other country, it like anything else is a scarce resource in North Korea. I read on wikipedia that they ran out of paper during the COVID pandemic and couldn't even print money as a result.
Where did you get these pictures from, OP? They look too candid to be propaganda, they're great. I'm not trying to be contrarian and I sure wouldn't move there, but I don't think that North Korea is the irredeemable hellhole Western media makes it out to be, it seems to have pieces of comfiness that its people are able to enjoy at least
bump for Comrade Kimmy
>>5093851various sources like blogs, flickr, etcjust recall that what you see is where outsiders have been allowed to photograph
>>5093851the thing with NK is that people outside (not just westerners) will believe anything about it
>>5083595What's that disgusting piece of shit on his face?
>>5071349That's the truth.
>>5107084>>5107084not necessarily true about the other post saying nothing is powering them, some of the higher up and elites in NK do actually have electricity and decent quality of living. So these might actually work but be inaccessible for basically the whole population. But yea pic you posted related, its not common to have.
>>5093851>it seems to have pieces of comfiness that its people are able to enjoy at leastpeople who live around pyongyang are relatively well off
>>5060900Yes
>>5074545Ha ha, two of the Volvos the Dear leaders never paid Sweden Volvo for.
>>5058739### Lair of King Tongmyong's unicorn reconfirmed in DPRKPyongyang, November 29, [2012] (KCNA) – Archaeologists of the History Institute of the DPRK Academy of Social Sciences have recently reconfirmed a lair of the unicorn rode by King Tongmyong, founder of the Koguryo Kingdom (B.C. 277-A.D. 668). The lair is located 200 meters from the Yongmyong Temple in Moran Hill in Pyongyang City. A rectangular rock carved with words "Unicorn Lair" stands in front of the lair. The carved words are believed to date back to the period of Koryo Kingdom (918-1392). Jo Hui Sung, director of the Institute, told KCNA: > "Korea's history books deal with the unicorn, considered to be ridden by King Tongmyong, and its lair. > > The Sogyong (Pyongyang) chapter of the old book 'Koryo History' (geographical book), said: Ulmil Pavilion is on the top of Mt. Kumsu, with Yongmyong Temple, one of Pyongyang's eight scenic spots, beneath it. The temple served as a relief palace for King Tongmyong, in which there is the lair of his unicorn. > > The old book 'Sinjungdonggukyojisungnam' (Revised Handbook of Korean Geography) complied in the 16th century wrote that there is a lair west of Pubyok Pavilion in Mt. Kumsu. > > The discovery of the unicorn lair, associated with legend about King Tongmyong, proves that Pyongyang was a capital city of Ancient Korea as well as Koguryo Kingdom."Source: http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2012/201211/news29/20121129-20ee.htmlThis news item was published one year into King Jong Un's reign.
>>5103876Before you leave they inspect every image/video taking device and check every picture or video you've taken. Anything contrary to the image they want to convery is deleted, and if it's serious enough you may be staying a little longer.Hot tip - take several memory cards. take lots of acceptable pictures, then loads of realistic ones. Delete the realistic pictures and swap cards. When you get back use a program like recuva to get the images back. Since you swapped cards the deleted pictures won;t be overwitten>profit
>>5043521Where is the graffiti?...
>>5120133>Anything contrary to the image they want to convey is deleted, and if it's serious enough you may be staying a little longer.No different from 4chan then.
>>5120133>>5120133I've heard they don't even check the recycling bin in the photo's app, or at least that is what someone was saying in a video somewhere that got a bunch of footage they probably wouldn't have let you leave with. Though they probably learned from it so now they probably will.
