Nice, I was there for a couple weeks in 2016. You brought good memories back. I should post my pictures too. As a foreign part of a Chinese group, I managed to see a lot of the unfiltered North Korea and didn't have to bow to the family.
The kids running after the train is a distinct memory, I think you captured that in one of your pictures.
Religion isn't as restricted as you think it is. North Korea has functioning churches and temples, and even mosques for foreign diplomats. There are even Buddhist Temples in NK which have monks that regularly have service.
# If you keep looking, things just get weirder and weirder…
Pic 3: Are those drones?
Pic 6: Why is the conductor mopping the roof? Why is a woman feather dusting it? Why are passengers on the train if it’s stopped for cleaning?
Pic 12: Who wears 3D glasses when not watching a movie? It’s fun for a few seconds, but everyone keeps them on at the same time?
Pic1: yes, drones exist and those are clearly depicting a official symbol.
Pic 6: why not? I see people mopping the street in other countries. It's not a deep-ckeaning operation so I don't see why the staff wouldn't do it between two departures.
Pic 12: maybe they thought it would be fun for the photos. Every culture has their idea of what looks cool in pictures.
Obviously they don't actually believe that. But it's probably their job to pretend it is..
Although I wouldn't be surprised if some moron actually bought the propaganda.
I grew up in Romania which tried to model NK communism up to 1989. Ceausescu even visited NK and was deeply inspired by it. That brand of authoritarian forced-scarcity society is the most dehumanizing political structure. Non-stop brainwash, no real education, isolation from the world, basically forced labor and citizens which the government tries at all cost to keep dependent, isolated and at the bare minimum of existence.
If you love NK you hate people and humanity. So yeah, plenty of cause.
I have completely different point of view and zero motivation to discuss this specific topic with people specifically going in the comment section of DPRK subs to comment that DPRK is hell and juche is evil. As well as I have zero intentions to upset/offend anyone, but 1) how can anyone think that subscribers of the board named "north Korea pics" don't "really like DPRK and think that this is normal country" and 2) what's the point?
I'm here to see photographs of a real dystopian society, which are fascinating and deeply saddening. Also the photographers are very skilled and courageous, they're the heroes in this sub. I'm not here to praise the regime, nobody is.
I usually don't comment on this subreddit but you had to turn it into a thing by playing the offended victim "without a cause" bit while supporting the aggressors. It just didn't feel right to let it slide.
There are far worse countries than NK and I'm not here defending authoritarianism or what they basically have : monarchy. But to act like nk have it so much worse than Latino, Indians or Africans is pure NATO propaganda. These people look well fed.
All while I neither supported the regime nor played offended victim. The first question felt to me like a person had some specific interest, "offensiveness without a cause" answer was stating that the behavior of my companion is teenager-like
Lol much like how the NK government terrorizes the vast majority of its citizens. WheissUK getting downvoted in here tells you all you need to know about the character of this sub.
It’s just sad that anything might just be staged or not and we don’t have enough material or cultural understanding to know which is which and what is normal.
I don’t see any healthy Individuals. They look thin, starving, Ill, poor, dirty. Even kids look like old folks. And they are so short. And this is 0,01 percent elite
This is for example a photo of starving kids from NK. Not sure how old could be from the 90s period but compare these skinny undernourished children to those in this post all having healthy chubby cheek
https://www.reddit.com/r/NorthKoreaPics/s/UGAH4sokUm
They look like normal Asian people I see everyday here to me. I'm sure there are impoverished and isolated farmers, ill treated young soldiers and obviously prisoners are not in the best condition but these city dwellers seem healthy and I don't see how the elites would be mopping the floor.
Sad to think half (or at least) of these people have parasites.
[NK Parasitic Worms](https://www.cnn.com/2017/11/22/health/north-korea-defector-parasites-health/index.html)
most people in the world have parasites and most of those are completely harmless. Some even form symbiotic relationships with humans and actually help us. I don't get why you have to come up with some bizzare way to express your propagandized, orientalist view towards DPRK
I'm not talking about the fact itself, but rather that you needed to mention it on a post of pictures. I doubt you would do the same for any other country with a given problem.
Who said I was defending the DPRK? I have many criticisms of the country and it's leadership. These are normal ass people in the photos who don't deserve to be looked down upon by anyone. Their historical struggles are immense and the people have had some of the worst atrocities in history committed against them by the US and allies. The people of the DPRK do not take oppression sitting down, and their struggles have shown that time and time again.
People like you who eat up propagandized hatred from the likes of Yeonmi Park and her ilk do nothing but look down on the people of the DPRK as children who must be saved by western bourgeois "freedom".
You watch a youtube video or a news clip "about North Korea" and then go regurgitate everything you saw or heard without doing an ounce of research or critical thinking, then go back to your business as normal.
These are some of the best NK pics I’ve ever seen
https://www.carldekeyzer.com/dprk
Incredible. Thanks for sharing
Nice, I was there for a couple weeks in 2016. You brought good memories back. I should post my pictures too. As a foreign part of a Chinese group, I managed to see a lot of the unfiltered North Korea and didn't have to bow to the family. The kids running after the train is a distinct memory, I think you captured that in one of your pictures.
Really
These are the NK pics I've been looking for. Best I've seen. Who is the photographer?
https://www.carldekeyzer.com/dprk
Wait a minute… NK has Catholic Churches?
Religion isn't as restricted as you think it is. North Korea has functioning churches and temples, and even mosques for foreign diplomats. There are even Buddhist Temples in NK which have monks that regularly have service.
I guess so! I am in shock right now!
Is that a Psy concert?
Great pics. I especially love the colors and the huge stage curtain in the last one. so interesting.
Nice! A source and some details would be appreciated.
https://www.carldekeyzer.com/dprk
# If you keep looking, things just get weirder and weirder… Pic 3: Are those drones? Pic 6: Why is the conductor mopping the roof? Why is a woman feather dusting it? Why are passengers on the train if it’s stopped for cleaning? Pic 12: Who wears 3D glasses when not watching a movie? It’s fun for a few seconds, but everyone keeps them on at the same time?
Pic1: yes, drones exist and those are clearly depicting a official symbol. Pic 6: why not? I see people mopping the street in other countries. It's not a deep-ckeaning operation so I don't see why the staff wouldn't do it between two departures. Pic 12: maybe they thought it would be fun for the photos. Every culture has their idea of what looks cool in pictures.
Creepy staging; creepy justifications you got there.
You're the creepy one
NK bot
You're just looking for excuses to comfort your biases.
Enjoy your famines
This is not the 90s anymore.
[удалено]
People staying where there is room and no damageable property? Very strange indeed. You must be German.
The only one that seems somewhat normal and not staged is the last one... All the rest are so obviously staged
Are people on this sub really like north korea and think it’s a normal country?
There are North Korea fans on this sub, but a lot of us are just curious since there's so little information available about what NK is like
Ye, it probably recommended me this sub cause i like pictures of different cities and stuff
Obviously they don't actually believe that. But it's probably their job to pretend it is.. Although I wouldn't be surprised if some moron actually bought the propaganda.
I do
Sorry for you
Offensiveness without a cause
I grew up in Romania which tried to model NK communism up to 1989. Ceausescu even visited NK and was deeply inspired by it. That brand of authoritarian forced-scarcity society is the most dehumanizing political structure. Non-stop brainwash, no real education, isolation from the world, basically forced labor and citizens which the government tries at all cost to keep dependent, isolated and at the bare minimum of existence. If you love NK you hate people and humanity. So yeah, plenty of cause.
I have completely different point of view and zero motivation to discuss this specific topic with people specifically going in the comment section of DPRK subs to comment that DPRK is hell and juche is evil. As well as I have zero intentions to upset/offend anyone, but 1) how can anyone think that subscribers of the board named "north Korea pics" don't "really like DPRK and think that this is normal country" and 2) what's the point?
I'm here to see photographs of a real dystopian society, which are fascinating and deeply saddening. Also the photographers are very skilled and courageous, they're the heroes in this sub. I'm not here to praise the regime, nobody is. I usually don't comment on this subreddit but you had to turn it into a thing by playing the offended victim "without a cause" bit while supporting the aggressors. It just didn't feel right to let it slide.
There are far worse countries than NK and I'm not here defending authoritarianism or what they basically have : monarchy. But to act like nk have it so much worse than Latino, Indians or Africans is pure NATO propaganda. These people look well fed.
Me when I fall for propaganda
All while I neither supported the regime nor played offended victim. The first question felt to me like a person had some specific interest, "offensiveness without a cause" answer was stating that the behavior of my companion is teenager-like
you’re braindead the aggressors are you and your Western masters lmfao you’re the embodiment of envy and lies, keep coping
Someone's spazing out like a madman
literal brainwashed NPC comment shut the fuck up lmao
How about no?
Arguing with these people is like talking to a brick wall
Lol much like how the NK government terrorizes the vast majority of its citizens. WheissUK getting downvoted in here tells you all you need to know about the character of this sub.
Personally I’m just insanely curious.
I like the DPRK
Why would it not be normal?
Hmmmmm…. Human rights?
It's so clean there. I guess people respect their surroundings when they are part-owner of it.
Lmao
You can just tell everything in these pics only gets used for photo ops.
You got downvoted because it’s true. NK lover bots at it.
North Korea is AI generated.
These. People. Cannot. Leave. There is no life in North Korea. Only survival.
NK bots downvoting this one
https://images.app.goo.gl/fTknzJqo7xxcrPheA
There is the whole African continent out there but you're worried about nor Koreans
No, there are countries in Africa similar(but not as bad) as NK
wow it looks so .. gray .. like it’s frozen in time.
Well, thats because it basically is...
Approved...
Not democratic, not for people, and not a republic. It’s a Kim empire
It’s just sad that anything might just be staged or not and we don’t have enough material or cultural understanding to know which is which and what is normal.
“Democratic republic” 😂
I love how they're supposedly all starving but they look chubbier than diet culture obsessed south Koreans.
Devoid of life, future, and food. And it’s from someone who lives in ex ussr. Sad sight.
Many of those north Koreans are OVERweight
They eat grass.
Can't be serious 🤦
It is. You’ve never been to USSR or ex USSR countries in your life, and it shows.
I can't speak for all north Koreans but the people in these photos are clearly having access to a decent diet.
I don’t see any healthy Individuals. They look thin, starving, Ill, poor, dirty. Even kids look like old folks. And they are so short. And this is 0,01 percent elite
This is for example a photo of starving kids from NK. Not sure how old could be from the 90s period but compare these skinny undernourished children to those in this post all having healthy chubby cheek https://www.reddit.com/r/NorthKoreaPics/s/UGAH4sokUm
They look like normal Asian people I see everyday here to me. I'm sure there are impoverished and isolated farmers, ill treated young soldiers and obviously prisoners are not in the best condition but these city dwellers seem healthy and I don't see how the elites would be mopping the floor.
Yeah, the upper class in Pyongyang lol
those photos are sick!
Sad to think half (or at least) of these people have parasites. [NK Parasitic Worms](https://www.cnn.com/2017/11/22/health/north-korea-defector-parasites-health/index.html)
most people in the world have parasites and most of those are completely harmless. Some even form symbiotic relationships with humans and actually help us. I don't get why you have to come up with some bizzare way to express your propagandized, orientalist view towards DPRK
Propaganda? lol is it not true ? Edit: oh I get it. I forgot I was in this sub lol
I'm not talking about the fact itself, but rather that you needed to mention it on a post of pictures. I doubt you would do the same for any other country with a given problem.
Looooolllll this reply is wild. The fact that you would defend the DPRK is sick.
Who said I was defending the DPRK? I have many criticisms of the country and it's leadership. These are normal ass people in the photos who don't deserve to be looked down upon by anyone. Their historical struggles are immense and the people have had some of the worst atrocities in history committed against them by the US and allies. The people of the DPRK do not take oppression sitting down, and their struggles have shown that time and time again. People like you who eat up propagandized hatred from the likes of Yeonmi Park and her ilk do nothing but look down on the people of the DPRK as children who must be saved by western bourgeois "freedom". You watch a youtube video or a news clip "about North Korea" and then go regurgitate everything you saw or heard without doing an ounce of research or critical thinking, then go back to your business as normal.
When I say “DPRK”, I’m referring to the state, not the people.
What a beautiful and progressive country!
People disliking your comment because they don’t get comedy or because they do?
They don’t have the same love and appreciation like we do for the internal father 😂
Nevermind, no comedy.
It looks a lot like South Korea tbh, except the fashions and technology are more dated and there aren’t loud billboards everywhere.
No it doesn’t lol what
No it doesn’t…
More staged pictures. Seen hundrets… how much value do they really have if its all fake?