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April 2012 trip to DPRK, North Korea for the 100th year birthday celebrations for Kim Il Sung - check out my North Korea blog at americaninnorthkorea.com/
North Koreans were taught their whole lives that the state would provide xxxxx, for instance: apartement, education, job, etc.
Our guide was proud of their "free system', he lives in a apartment provided by his dad'
s company, he will get another one few years after he get married.
They do not have to be a "house slave", they do not have to struggle for paying the loan, they do not have subprime mortgage...!
They are happy in a poor country, but they are still happy
Spiritually more than materially I guess.
평양체육관.
Completed in 1973, Pyongyang Gymnasium (aka Pyongyang Indoor Stadium) can seat 16,000 persons and is mainly used for large mass rallies such as the "national meetings" on national holidays.
Finally in this shot you can start to see some lights. On the rare night we were out after dark we were able to see most apartments were lit by single florescent bulb.
평양 순안구역에 있는 사회안전원, 인민경비대 렬사묘.
The poor state of the pine trees around the monument illustrates the lack of fuel in North Korea.
Traveled to the DPRK with the Young Pioneer Tours Chinese National Day Tour 2013.
a video of the trip
«100일전투를 힘있게 벌려 올해를 강성대국건설에서 결정적전환의 해로 되게 하자!»
Empty shop windows, cracks in freshly renovated façades, and propaganda nonsense everywhere – this is a typical Pyongyang street. Seen in Yonggwang Street.
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Pyongyang, DPRK.
Access to apartment buildings is always from the back side of the buildings, back streets, or courtyards.
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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: