This is quite nice actually.
>>2583832
Communism is nice, except for the power hungry dictators and greedy party members
>>2583832
It's awesome
>>2583921
>pretending poverty doesn't exist outside of north korea
Lol, this pictures were probably taken by an official from the North Korean goberment
Kim pls
asian communism is better than so called "russian" communism. why? because in russia jews and other ethnic/racial minorities took over the power, in asia communism is monoethnic (but of course jews too "helped" asian communism, they created this ideology and behind the curtains in asia, Mao was friend with commie jews they helped him to do communism in China, so the great country became a shithole, communism=always shithole, even monoethnic).
>>2584807
please go back to /pol, and never return.
>>2583832
Keep in mind there is only one decent place in that country. Pyongyang, where the elite live.
>>2583923
Not many places where people go out and pick grass for food
>>2586786
Since this mans bag is clearly labeled "FOOD" and the man was interviewed after this photo was taken, where he clearly proclaimed he was picking the grass for eating it him fucking self, as there clearly is zero possibility that he could perhaps use it for something else.
>>2584807
back to /pol/, neoliberal jew
>>2586812
He's not doing it for food. He's doing it because it's his job. If you look at any picture of Pyongyang the grass is always immaculately trimmed - by a legion of poorly payed underclass who do it by hand.
>>2583752
how does this work? how do they get the items?
>>2583877
yeah man, it's real fucking nice,except for the unfortunate people having to live there.
This thread has potential.
>>2583832
It's nice looking at it from outside, far away.
>>2583877
Communism is literally the worst thing that can happen to people.
It not only destroys country's economy but also people's mentality.
>>2592384
>Any totalitarian regime is literally the worst thing that can happen to people.
It not only destroys country's economy but also people's mentality.
FTFY
>>2583750
is that anti-radiation gear?
i wonder if there's any oppressed womyn or blacks living in the bestest of koreas
>>2592445
They are terrified of black people
A pair of Afro-Cuban diplomats was nearly lynched when visiting a rural village
They see Dennis Rodman as this kind of tamed zoo animal
>>2592449
>They see Dennis Rodman as this kind of tamed zoo animal
He is
>>2583748
Thread-rating:
yes
>>2592452
Banana in the monkey cage?
I've skimmed through the posts ITT and just wanted to say that I do not believe any Western media broadcasts about North Korea, because at this point we are being fed nothing but propaganda and fabricated stories on all ends of the spectrum. We basically have not the slighted idea of what life is like over there.
Just sayin: It ultimately doesn't matter is communism, capitalism or whatever, because they all fail at the root of human greed.
>>2592482
True, we do not really know anything. Every foreigner visiting is so tightly guarded/observed that we only get tiny bits and peaces. We know that they are shit poor, partly due to the international sanctions and that the dictatorship itself is no fun as usual if you believe the reports of the NK defectors.
>>2592494
Would surrender
>>2592482
This.
>>2592482
I have no doubt that if the Koreas merge it will be much worse than the unification of West and East Germany. One system simply works better, even if they all have grave faults.
I do have doubts about any information (for some reason I was extremely suspicious of the lady talking on TED about her escape from NK), but you really got to put things in perspective. You're pretty crazy if you think majority of the people there live in something else than poverty. There is a reason for the information blackout from North Korea, and it's not the United States.
>>2592511
>You're pretty crazy if you think majority of the people there live in something else than poverty
.
Yeah, like you'd have been called crazy back in the 60s and 70s if you didn't think everyone behind the iron curtain lived in mud huts with no electricity and education.
>>2592514
>Yeah, like you'd have been called crazy back in the 60s and 70s if you didn't think everyone behind the iron curtain lived in mud huts with no electricity and education.
Nobody ever thought people living behind the iron curtain were living in mud huts and didn't have schools silly dumbfuck.
>>2592492
So these must be the infamous hay people who live in the central part of North Korea. They say the hay people have their own distinct language.
>>2592522
Like you would know, kid. Keep listening to BBC and fox news though, I couldn't care less.
>>2584807
NatBol leave
Propaganda?
>>2592482
There is actually a Vice youtube series about some guys going through pyongyang and North Korea, and yes its as horrible as you believe it is.
>>2583921
in one day in the life of ivan denisovich, describing russian gulags, he described the gruel that grass makes - yellow, tasteless, but fills the stomach, so you feel like you've eaten something at least.
>>2592529
I lived under Soviet rule actually, and it wasn't anything close to the heaven that american colleges portray it as.
>muh faux (get it?) new
yeah, keep spouting those cliches, you dumb bot
>>2592482
No. Watch this documentary. It's even worse than you heard.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtuFaEy4jzE&ab_channel=CezarPimentelFilho
>>2592639
Not that guy, but where did you live?
I visited Leningrad frequently in the 80's and I think I have a pretty good picture what everyday life was in the cities
>>2586719
That is not true at all.
>>2593035
How do I move to Best Korea?
To see the heavenly Jong-un, greatest man alive, even once... I would cry tears of joy.
>>2592740
Look up a late 80s/early 90s documentary called тaк жить нeльзя. No idea if it exists in english or with subtitles, but it was made by a russian dude right before the fall of the USSR and the shit he shows is pretty goddamn atrocious. Some of the villages didn't even have running water or electricity
>>2593061
you would cry tears of joy and sing the song of praise
https://youtu.be/uhTBKqs3nCk
>>2593191
holy shit that fear on their faces
>>2593194
lol looks like straight out of the 60s
>>2592397
are you retarded? it's a raincoat...
>>2593191
Sad but they probably got executed after this.
>>2593290
they are crying for joy, not fear. the leader is a god to them.
>>2583748
> Kim jong Un wants to increase tourism 20 fold by 2020
> Kim jong un is love, Kim jong un is life.
Did the math and would cost around $3k US to go.
I plan on making the trip out in the next year or so.
>>2593053
looks like a nicer version of Detroit
at least some of the people look like they have jobs
this country is like caricature ... only real.
>>2593356
It's interesting... trying to get into the head of people like the Kims. How do they see things? Do they believe what they preach or is it all just a show?
Of course all countries have their unique delusions... but I think NK goes far beyond anything that should belong in the modern times.
>>2593360
I must admit I find the entire "concept" of this country hard to grasp. How can it work, this little (and very obviously childish and either retarded and/or insane) man at the top?
Telling a starving backwards people everything is great?
Well ...
>>2593364
I'm sure the previous Kims were much more competent.
I don't see NK lasting long under Jong-un, especially if he executes his brightest men.
But who knows.
>>2593189
he's a player? like Qaddafi was.....
>>2593053
lack of trash is better than most US cities...
>>2589466
you would think 'fun' of any kind was outlawed, according to the propaganda we hear....love this thread.
this is pretty good, didn't feel like ripping it.
http://www.earthnutshell.com/100-photos-from-north-korea-part1/
>>2593400
He's a playa playa man
so there you have it
daily life in Pyongyang is all laughs, love, lust and luxury
>>2594408
Well there is some opportunities for escapism.
Munsu Water Park.
I believe >>2589466 is also from here.
Lots of suits. Wonder if commoners are allowed.
>>2594422
Or tourists. Would us white devils infect good Koreans with imperialism and aspirations and decadence through the water?
>>2592522
Of course they did. That's how they won WWII, beat the US in the space race and the so called nuclear subs ran on coal too. I'm almost 50 and visited the USSR in the 80s. Almost every average citizen had central heating and electricity but their live was shit anyways. Piss poor, food shortage, shit breaking down left and right. A dictatorship much smaller in comparison with far less resources plus sanctions from the rest of the world must be pretty hellish to live in.
>>2583921
>mowing the grass with your hands
iv never even considered such a thing
>>2593404
>Too poor for snacks of soda
>>2592627
All hail corpulent leader!
>>2594416
Why are those people so well-dressed for a water park?
>>2594600
Because his Royal Tubbiness was going to the park so everyone (except the token swimmers) had to dress up
>>2594420
>>2592524
yes, they only say "hey"
Look at these asian woman, bleached skin, broad mongole face, every non asian man who favor asian woman should impregnate his mother.
>>2594419
>>2593364
>>2593189
>>2593053
>>2592494
>>2583748
Interesting thread, with some new material, thanks
I have some old stuff to contribute with.
Plus, may I suggest some interesting links?
Eric Lafforgue (he was banned from NK after these)
http://imgur.com/gallery/VUqFH
http://www.businessinsider.com/eric-lafforgues-candid-photos-of-north-korea-2013-12?op=1&IR=T
http://freekorea.us/2014/05/12/n-korea-bans-celebrated-photographer-eric-lafforgue/
http://www.bradtguides.com/articles/interview-with-eric-lafforgue/
David Guttenfelder, he was awarded by the WPP for a long term project on NK (second link)
http://time.com/3506317/david-guttenfelder-north-korea-photos/
http://www.worldpressphoto.org/collection/photo/2016/long-term-projects/david-guttenfelder
http://www.dprk360.com/360/farmer_house/
Looks comfy
>>2594823
Is that Zuckerberg trying to kiss Priscilla Chan?
>>2583923
he's fully clothed in a reasonably decent outfit. his hair style is reasonably modern and maintained. he's even got a modern wristwatch.
this man is not poor.
>he's still collecting grass for food.
>>2593189
I'm reminded of a pic I saw recently concerning a camp for highly trained female bodyguards. the text included with the images suggested that they were effectively the equivalent of highly trained assassins.
that makes me wonder how many of them are there as his protection.
>>2593360
I recently read about the family, seems like his brothers are actually alright. They both got busted trying to travel to Japan, which apparently caused them to fall out of favor with Jong-Il. They're both enjoying life outside of North Korea now.
>>2594967
>travel to japan
they were actually trying to smuggle out of the country to visit Disneyland in Japan, using some fake Chinese passports.
Quite embarrassing for the regime.
>>2583748
Is she walking him to his beheading?
That's cute.
>>2593324
None of them are actually stupid enough to believe this, anon. They know the farce they live in, and they know they're powerless to escape it.
>>2594823
This image is funny because recent surveys have showed that 70% of asian women prefer white men whereas asian men are the least preferred by women of all races - but preferred the least by asian women overall.
Why did God forsake asian men?
>>2592536
This image is fucking brilliant.
>>2593353
What's even better is that you can save yourself the round trip ticket, because you won't be heard from again.
>>2592494
I want her to touch my wee wee
>>2595527
Maybe this counts for asians outside of asia, but if you come to japan, the girls there don't fancy western people.
>>2595545
That's mostly true. There are lots of girls there with white/black fetishes, though. Not keepers, but if you just want to get your dick wet in Japan it's not hard.
is it just me or are most Asian countries that didn't get tore up by the US complete shit holes?
>>2595586
Western culture is the superior culture on Earth, so it stands to reason that nations conquered by the West are ultimately improved by the experience.
>>2586719
>"I know this because I read it somewhere on the internet"
Don't you just love irony. You people fall for the exact same propaganda that you laugh at the North Koreans for.
>>2595668
Well I extrapolated on the available information, like the image taken from International Space Station. I don't like to demonize anything/anyone, but rather come to understand why something happens.
Anyway it was an exaggerated reaction to apparent romanticism some have toward "Best Korea".
I could be wrong about NK, but I don't see it very likely.
>>2593192
He looks like a cool guy to hang out with here. Like your funny fat friend.
thanks guys
now I want to live there
>>2595743
you must be from detroit
or maybe brazil
>>2595523
How would they know? Try living completely isolated from any outer source of information, how'd you know other countries are better?
>>2592536
I LOVE this image. Just tells you EVERYTHING you need to know about DPRK
I will say this, though: I will feel miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiighty sorry for the south when (not "if", "when") the north fails and responsibility falls to the south for that shit-pile.
East Germany was at least REMOTELY functional compared to this shit
>>2594870
>inability to discern that certain things are provided by the state because "appearances matter", but basic stables don't affect appearances so, y'know, fuck that shit
>>2595523
>They know the farce they live in
>toooooooooooooooooo many implyings to be bothered answering this stupidity
>>2593200
Oooooh, mmyyyyyy goooooodneeeeesss. Being thiiiiiiiiiissss retaaaaaaaaarded ...
>>2592406
Fellow czechbro?
>>2592627
they'll eat him one day.
>>2592482
So as far as you're concerned EVERY ONE of these books is Western propaganda I take it? http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=north+korea
And that's only books on the country.
How many Northern Koreans do you suppose could read your post never mind reply to it? You're an ignorant, easily fooled idiot.
>>2583832
Don't look at these pics and think they speak for all of NK. Remember, their government heavily regulates everything that goes in and out. I'm not saying the western view of "It's a total shithole where everyone hungry and dying" is true, but there's definitely a lot of misinformation coming from both sides.
>>2595685
He's like Eric Cartman with unlimited power
bump for glorious socialism
>>2592711
>Believing anything VICE put out
3> this thread
>>2594742
Win
>>2599172
>>2593187
And if one day you praise him just a little bit less than they expect you to do, you and all your relatives are slaughtered (guilt by association)
Ain't it great?
>>2601085
And you are singing blatant imperialist lies, as they expect you to do (delusion by brainwashing)
It's laughable
>>2592536
Honestly North Korea would be as bright as the rest if it didn't have sanctions out the ass.
I've never understood the logic of sanctions, if anything, they justify the narrative of the regime and hurt the people outside Pyongyang the most.
>>2601552
Yes, I'm not knowledgeable as to what the sanctions specifically are, but they do tend to hurt the common people who are already in dire straits (yes, yes, propaganda).
Same with Iraq pre-2003 and all. It doesn't seem a very good approach if you want to have a country that might in the future be stable.
With Russia they might work, obviously the leadership is using the sanctions as a political tool, but there are some signs that Putin is not as popular as he was before. But maybe that's just as much to do with oil prices and other things.
Governments and leaders come and go. The people are always there with their daily lives.
I wonder how many of them are wishing they didn't born in NK.
Also, do you guys think Kim is any clever?
>>2601788
The common people don't know of anything better.
But I don't think Jong-un is completely incompetent, here's something he did
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/sweeping-changes-expected-nkorean-farms-063200344--spt.html
>>2586719
Everyone starves in north Korea and Jews made it like this. Hitler was right all along.
>>2601790
Kim Jong Un is anything but incompetent.
Sweeping reforms, purged the old Songun guard, unprecedented economic growth.
Hes the best leader North Korea has ever had (not saying much) and the people he's purging are awful terrible people and hes replacing them with new economists, scientists etc. The western media hate for him is kind of bizarre, he's reforming in the only way he can.
>>2601788
>I wonder how many of them are wishing they didn't born in NK.
>Also, do you guys think Kim is any clever?
He's probably quite capable of constructing coherent grammatical sentences!
I have bunch of pictures from some anon's flickr.
it looks like they are just cutting the grass
>>2604159
>when you can tell by the size of their legs how high ranking their dad is
>>2603590
Aww, you hurt my feelings.
>>2594393
Why are all those men wearing skirts?
>>2601644
>Slav asian kids
I'd love to wander around NK as a ghost just to see what it's really like
>>2604348
Asians invented squatting.
>>2595927
There is a big black market for dvds from china and worst Korea and radios, they are not completely isolated.
>>2604806
Cool. Do you know how much of their overseas products emerge into their everyday lives?
>>2592494
beautiful
>>2604808
>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/9258974/North-Koreans-secretly-watching-foreign-media.html
>In a survey of 250 North Korean refugees and overseas travelers in 2010, 48 percent said they had watched foreign DVDs while inside the country, up from just 20 percent two years earlier, the study said.
Of course the 48% number might be high do to the fact that refugees and overseas travellers might have more of an interest then a farmer. But when Kimmie bans something, the interest just to see what's so bad about kpop goes up.
>http://www.cbsnews.com/news/north-koreas-dangerous-addiction-to-daytime-tv/
>>2594422
lol I've seen mcdonalds restaurants with bigger parking lots
If they were smart propagandists they would have made big one and filled it with fake cars.
>>2604614
Photoshop where, exactly?
>>2604614
it's just real life photo shop man
>>2593364
Easy. Fear.
It's clear to me, cause my country is pretty close to the same model.
>>2601790
there's a black market for USB drives that are smuggled in regularly with south korean / western media on it. No idea how relevant it is though. Hopefully it will have an effect in the long run.
i would love to go on one of those guided tours that NK runs because it must be the most bizzarre thing in the entire world going into NK, it must be like entering a time machine to visit the 1950's
then you also experience shit like all the NK people you meet are actually actors and all the places you visit have been pre-arranged for tourists like you are part of an audience at a play
dont know if its been posted but the VICE documentary on this exact thing is incredibly fascinating, i really cannot wrap my mind around NK, its like visiting a different planet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24R8JObNNQ4
you should make sure to watch all 3 parts
So many threads to bump.
rip tea girl
>>2592494
She's pretty cute. Too bad we'll kill her when we nuke the whole place.
>>2607025
She's dead?!? Noooooooooooooooo.
>>2594819
kek
>>2593187
I love that guy in the top left's reaction.
>is this for real?
What's the point with the bag?
>>2610594
that`s a dior handbag which cost a few thousand dollars if im not mistaken. kinda crazy to think of people having to eat grass to survive while she take a taste of luxury
>>2610606
probably a gift from others first ladies
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Friendship_Exhibition
>eat grass to survive
believing in western media propaganda is worse than believing in their propaganda (I don't either way)
>>2610617
>probably a gift from others first ladies
yeah sure cuz they all are really loved. to be gifted not just one handbag worth thousand of dollars but several.
you do know that more than half of those who sent gifts exposed on the IFE are already dead right?
>pic related another luxury bag
>>2610630
she looks fuckable
>>2610630
She's probably an awful tyrant but for some reason that makes her even hotter
>>2601641
I wonder what N.K. kids dream of growing up to be?
>>2604159
where are they going? Another part of NK?
>>2610630
she better lose some of that thigh fat or she'll disappear.
>>2583748
typical day in north korean
>>2583752
>dat big bird dou
>>2610881
>factory looks like it has already burned down
>>2593187
he is thinking " hell yeah, bitches be wanting it!". Straight up swag
>>2594399
suck a waste of potential great vageena
>>2600694
just drop cluster bombs all day
>>2604162
they are getting lunch...
As dear old Hitch put it - and I'm paraphrasing here:
It's like somebody found a copy of 1984 and thought "can we make this work?".
>>2595527
Because we need nerds to boost our tech and people to make good hentai and anime
>>2593353
Just stick to the hundreds of batshit insane rules for foreigners, and maybe... Maybe... You will be able to get out safely to entertain the fine faggots here about your "epic" and totally not-edgelord-wetdream experience.
>>2594870
The government put people "not in proper attire" in jail or straight to a labor camp. He probably has two, three outfits max, which he has to maintain in perfect condition.
>>2593414
Government and military officials are the only ones who have access to these kind of amenities. It is not like any person without special benefits can just waltz into these places.
If you work for the government in an administrative position, or are a military or police officer, life is not bad. You have restrictions, but still enjoy from lots of stuff, including food (not much or plenty of options, though).
It is pretty much the same in Cuba, although things are going the "Chinese way" really quick there.
>>2601552
Sanctions or not, they have very active trade with China and Russia, and they can get whatever the fuck they want from there.
>>2596928
> authoritha
>>2594402
Their top officers look always really old... I guess they are more prone to be conservative and faithfully defend the regime.
>>2594419
This looks so staged, it hurts.
This thread is so interesting, thanks anons.
https://www.flickr.com/search/?tags=dprk&safe_search=3&view_all=1
http://flickrhivemind.net/Tags/dprk/Interesting
>>2610875
Probably not anywhere. NK likes to stage certain areas. One blogger got off at a seemingly busy train station, only problem was that his train was the only train there and no others were going. Everyone was just an actor in a giant show.
>>2604972
I've got to give the DPRK some credit -- at least they explicitly mark the left lane as the fast lane.
>>2610630
hes wilson fisk and shes vanessa
>>2583748
cute
>>2593192
He reminds me of Majin Buu
>>2583921
Looks like he's picking weeds, desu.
>>2592583
Remember that tea lady? That made me really fucking depressed.
>>2594576
probably giving that shit to like a hamster or somehing
>>2593364
I think the society and government works, even if it is hanging by a thread, it's proof that fear and propaganda can control people.
>>2610879
Big thighs are hot.
Love this thread. Bamp pidi bump
This thread is awesome
>>2604614
No joke. I shop stuff for a living and these are pretty close but not quite close enough to passable composites. It's tough to trick the human eye. You subconsciously notice subtle things, like light sources and lens distortion, as well as perspective. These are composited, staged photos for sure and it's definitely creepy, because stuff like this literally takes hours of work.
Puhŭng Station, February 2013
bumpity
Apple juice production at Taedonggang General Fruit Processing Factory, April 10, 2012.
Taedong River, September 24, 2012.
I'm unilaterally expanding the parameters beyond just Pyongyang.
Chŏnsam Cooperative Farm, Anbyŏn County, October 7, 2015.
Clearing flood debris from under a bridge in Rason, August 22, 2015.
A teller working at a branch of Woori Bank in Kaesong industrial park, December 19, 2013.
Students and volunteers work to repair water supply system in Haeju, October 1, 2011.
Child-powered bus.
>>2593364
you're pretty bad at connecting dots, aren't you?
the reality is it's not at all bad in north korea, it's just portrayed that way by the west because they're trying to make them into an enemy
>>2592384
American braindead alert
Capitalist scum
>>2604312
pretty sure they're all women athletes? idk
