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Hello fellow TL:ers!
I'm borny. A 21 years old Swedish guy currently living and working in China. Last week, I went on the most interesting trip I have ever been on.. Namely, I visited the most enclosed country in the world, North Korea. I know Teamliquid has got huge interest in South Korea, so I thought I would share my photos of its northern counterpart.
EDIT: Added some photos
EDIT2: Not all the photos are taken by me. They all come from five different people including me (my travelling group). I just took out the best ones.
Mass Games. 100,000 performers in the world's largest stadium. The pictures in the background is made by thousands and thousands of kids each holding a color block. It's hard to put words on how powerful it was to watch.
Propaganda. There are no advertisement or commercials in North Korea whatsoever. The city (Pyongyang) may sound grey (and yeh, it was grey) but everywhere you will find colorful propaganda pictures to counterweight the greyness. The last picture is a photo of a propaganda van that has broken down.
Hospital. In Pyongyang we got to visit a maternity hospital. There we got talk to newly become mothers as well as see the struggle of prematurely born North Korean kids.
Military stuff. We got to visit a Korean War (50-53) musem. There they displayed so-called "war trophies" collected from the Korean War. They also tried to convince us that the US initiated the Korean War and how the North Koreans prevailed over the "US imperialists" under the wise guidance of Kim Il Sung. The third picture here is from the DMZ; the defense line between North and South Korea. The upper solider is South Korean and the lower is North Korean. Feel the tension?
Daily life and Pyongyang. We managed to get some nice photos of normal people inside Pyongyang as well as some of the stunning building projects they are conducting downtown.
Okay, that's all for now. Many of these photos would've been removed by the guides or military personnel if they'd been discovered. But some swift switching of memory cards allowed us to keep them! We only lost one memory card to the military authority but it was almost empty so it doesn't really matter. I hope you enjoyed :-)
 
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Sweet pictures, I wish I could go there once too.
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I really like this picture, makes the country look less scary. Also I think you're really lucky to see what you did. Hopefully some day Korea will just be Korea.
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Cool photos, but I wish you could also explain your trip beyond pics !
How did people react seeing a foreigner ?
Also, how does one walk into North Korea?
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That's fucking amazing. 5/5
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awesome post. Id love to hear more about your trip in N. Korea. More details pleaseee. I am super intrigued by N. Korea
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Ahh I've been wanting to go to North Korea for a long time. It's easier said than done I can imagine. 5/5
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Wow, that's amazing.
E: As others have said: It would be awesome if you could add some more details of your trip, to compliment the pictures 
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On October 12 2011 16:39 ThyHate wrote:
Cool photos, but I wish you could also explain your trip beyond pics !
How did people react seeing a foreigner ?
Also, how does one walk into North Korea?
One does not simply walk into North Korea...
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Australia8532 Posts
Incredible photos - the first few are amazing and the propaganda reminds of the cold war lol
Any further explanation of your trip; even how you got to go there, the reaction of the people you interacted with, how long you were there? Anything
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On October 12 2011 16:51 CSN_Kaelaris wrote:Love it, really fantastic photos! There's a really interesting documentary about some british guy that visited North Korea if people haven't seen it (OP prolly has  ) But it's certainly worth a watch if you can find it.. can't remember it's name.. let me go hunt! EDIT: Ah he was american woops! http://www.vice.com/the-vice-guide-to-travel/vice-guide-to-north-korea-1-of-3
I've seen basically every documentary on NK ever, that one was pretty unique in terms of the perspective it showed. It was just your average american guy, and you really got to see how weird North Korea is, comparatively. Highly recommended ^^
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FREEAGLELAND26780 Posts
This is an amazing blog.
One day, Korea will just be Korea--so I hope.
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this is some awesome stuff!
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I love seeing pictures of North Korea, it's like looking into a forbidden world that is similar to our's, but drastically differ.
What's it like? Are the streets busy or does it always look like a ghostown with scattered patches of people.
Visiting North Korea would feel so surreal. It's just something so different and odd, too much for me to grasp.
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Netherlands45349 Posts
This is amazing, I would really like to hear the story behind all these pictures, Like, how does everyday life really look in N-Korea, is it really that bad?
Also were you even able get a trip to N-korea?
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Look at that picture of the "awesome" city... many broad streets, no cars
So yea, the entire picture is a propaganda.
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Feels like breaking into a sanctuary.
Interesting pictures and I have to agree - please tell us more about north korea, because I can't imagine how life's there.
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