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Funny Old White Men in North Korea
Paintings of Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin in Kim Il-sung Square, Pyongyang, North Korea.
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Eric Lafforgue’s North Korea
With multiple visits under his belt, and with an Arirang Mass Games photo gracing the cover of National Geographic Magazine, Eric Lafforgue is the world’s photography authority on North Korea. It was...
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More Photos from the Pyongyang Children’s Palace, North Korea
Photo series of performances from the Pyongyang Children’s Palace, DPRK, North Korea.
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Countryside Propaganda Billboards and Murals Post #2
More from my collection of images showing North Korean propaganda billboards and murals from the Wonson and Hamhung countryside areas – check out post #1 here.
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New Portrait in Kim II-sung Square
One of the major changes from last summer that I saw in Pyongyang this spring was the newly hung portrait of Kim Jong-il in Kim II Sung Square, Pyongyang. Kim Jong-il is credited with the creation and...
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North Korean Roadside Attactions
Soldier squirrels, missiles, and AK-47s raised defiantly into the air, just a few examples of the roadside attractions (propaganda) commonly seen in towns outside Pyongyang, North Korea. Photos by...
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Comrade Kim Goes Flying – Feature Film World Premiere
Comrade Kim Goes Flying, the first ever feature film done in collaboration between North Korean and Western producers, will have its world premiere screening this September at the Toronto International...
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Pyongyang Film Studios
Hanging out next to a South Korean brothel on ’60s street at the Pyongyang Film Studios. From the Lonely Planet online guide – Some 20 films a year are still churned out by the county’s main film...
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North Korean Gift Giveaway Contest!
I calculate having traveled to 95 countries (I used higher standards on the count than the Century Club accepts its members by). I expect to visit my 100th country at some point this year; I have no...
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Snow White in North Korea
Snow White in North Korea – did Disney authorize this embroidery piece from the Pyongyang Embroidery Institute? I think not. I couldn’t resist and bought the piece for $40. Somewhat shunned by other...
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Kindergarten Missile
Painting of the North Korea’s recent successful missile launch at a Chongjin Kindergarten. Propaganda? Or a celerbrarion of a milestone in North Korea’s technological advancement? photo by Joseph A...
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A Traffic Controller on Crossroads
A great film about my favorite ladies, A Traffic Controller on Crossroads is newly out with English subtitles on Youtube. In The DPRK the film is described as a romantic comedy, and while through a...
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North Korean Kindergarden Propaganda
Framed print of children attacking US soldier snowmen at the Chongjin Kindergarten. I have been told the Korean script on the snowmen says “American bastards” - extreme propaganda for a...
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Kim Jong-il’s New Jacket
The Kim Jong-il statue on Pyongyang’s Mansudae Hill got a new jacket this year: a massive bronze winter parka. The Mansudae Hill Kim Jong-il statue was originally unveiled to the North Korean people on...
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More North Korean Children’s School Propaganda Art
Framed print at the Rason Foreign Language School showing school children stabbing an American GI, Japanese imperialist, and a South Korean running dog. Jet, apple, ship, star, tank, and pear on a...
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North Korean Graffiti
Graffiti that I found under a bridge at Inner Mt. Chilbo, North Korea.
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Kindergarten Tank Art
Crayon drawing of a tank displayed at a Kindergarten in Rason, North Korea – photo by Joseph A Ferris III
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The Non Propaganda Kindergarten Environment
From past posts readers might be under the impression that North Korean kindergartens are overwhelmingly filled with political and military statues and art. But there is a sweeter, more innocent side...
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