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Taking the bus seemed to be a very popular mode of transport for the residents of Pyongyang. Often, you could see long lines for the buses which were then jam-packed with people.
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평양상점.
The shop of choice for Pyongyang's foreign community and a few Koreans who are lucky enough to put hands on some foreign currency.
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Young Pioneer Tours 2013 Chinese National Day Tour.
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The Pyongyang Maternity Hospital is a state of the art medical facility in Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
The socialist drabness and shabbyness has infected the buildings of Western organizations as well ...
The view of Pyongyang from the Juche Tower. Looking towards the Ryugyong Hotel, dominating the skyline as usual
A little known fact about the Pyongyang Metro is that it is equipped with a modern, contactless "tap-and-go" payment system. Regular riders can acquire a card and load it with any number of rides, then simply tap their card at the turnstiles to enter.
Cards need to be reloaded in person at a few specific locations as there are no vending machines or Intranet site to do so, to the best of my knowledge.
I apologize for the nasty watermarks, but I believe this picture is more or less unique on the web. If anyone has additional information about the contactless payment system, please contact me!
Visit www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlTOga-rTF4 for a six-stop ride on the Pyongyang Metro!
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Young Pioneer Tours 2013 Chinese National Day Tour.
For a video of the trip made by the DPRK tourists authority take a look at:
North Korea - Pyongyang - USS Pueblo.
On January 23, 1968, the USS Pueblo, a Navy intelligence vessel, is engaged in a routine surveillance of the North Korean coast when it is intercepted by North Korean patrol boats. According to U.S. reports, the Pueblo was in international waters almost 16 miles from shore, but the North Koreans turned their guns on the lightly armed vessel and demanded its surrender. The Americans attempted to escape, and the North Koreans opened fire, wounding the commander and two others. With capture inevitable, the Americans stalled for time, destroying the classified information aboard while taking further fire. Several more crew members were wounded.
Finally, the Pueblo was boarded and taken to Wonson. There, the 83-man crew was bound and blindfolded and transported to Pyongyang, where they were charged with spying within North Korea's 12-mile territorial limit and imprisoned. It was the biggest crisis in two years of increased tension and minor skirmishes between the United States and North Korea.
The United States maintained that the Pueblo had been in international waters and demanded the release of the captive sailors. With the Tet Offensive raging 2,000 miles to the south in Vietnam, President Lyndon Johnson ordered no direct retaliation, but the United States began a military buildup in the area. North Korean authorities, meanwhile, coerced a confession and apology out of Pueblo commander Bucher, in which he stated, "I will never again be a party to any disgraceful act of aggression of this type." The rest of the crew also signed a confession under threat of torture.
The prisoners were then taken to a second compound in the countryside near Pyongyang, where they were forced to study propaganda materials and beaten for straying from the compound's strict rules. In August, the North Koreans staged a phony news conference in which the prisoners were to praise their humane treatment, but the Americans thwarted the Koreans by inserting innuendoes and sarcastic language into their statements. Some prisoners also rebelled in photo shoots by casually sticking out their middle finger; a gesture that their captors didn't understand. Later, the North Koreans caught on and beat the Americans for a week.
On December 23, 1968, exactly 11 months after the Pueblo's capture, U.S. and North Korean negotiators reached a settlement to resolve the crisis. Under the settlement's terms, the United States admitted the ship's intrusion into North Korean territory, apologized for the action, and pledged to cease any future such action. That day, the surviving 82 crewmen walked one by one across the "Bridge of No Return" at Panmunjon to freedom in South Korea. They were hailed as heroes and returned home to the United States in time for Christmas. Incidents between North Korea and the United States continued in 1969, and in April 1969 a North Korean MiG fighter shot down a U.S. Navy intelligence aircraft, killing all 31 men aboard. In 1970, quiet returned to the demilitarized zone.