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Traffic officer in the streets of Pyongyang. There is very fews cars in North Korea, but at every crossings, there is a female traffic officer who acts as if there were cars everywhere in a very quick choregraphy. On sunday, cars are not allowed in Pyongyang, to prevent from pollution...
Pyongyang North Korea 북한
© Eric Lafforgue
One of the things I wanted to do, was to shoot a sunrise or sunset there. As the tour is a guided tour, sunset was always going to be difficult. However, waking up at 4am for sunrise wasn't really that easy too. I am glad I woke up for sunrise twice and got a really good sky on the second attempt! I am lucky also that my room offered me a panoramic view of Pyongyang's skyline with Taedong river in front. Beautiful view.
Yanggakdo International Hotel is one of the largest working hotels and the second tallest building in North Korea, after the Ryugyong Hotel. The hotel is located on Yanggakdo (Yanggak Island), two kilometers to the south-east of the center of Pyongyang, the nation's capital. It rises to an overall height of 170 meters and sports a slowly revolving restaurant on the 47th floor. The hotel is said to contain 1,000 rooms and a total floor space of 87,870 square meters. The structure was built between 1986 and 1992 by France’s Campenon Bernard Construction Company and opened in 1995.
A North Korean man bowls at the Golden Lane Bowling Alley; ten-pin bowling is a popular recreation activity amongst locals.
Pyongyang, North Korea, 2013
The Pyongyang traffic girls are on their way out. Modern, low voltage LED based traffic lights have been installed throughout Pyongyang and were functional throughout the stay. The girls were allegedly laid off earlier in the year, however some have been retained in case of long-term power shortages.
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All of the North Korean population wears the same kind of clothes. Men wear a black costume, and most of the women in town a very straight jacket. Everybody sports a badge with either the North Korean flag or a portrait of Kim Il Sung, depending on whether you are a member of the Party or not. It’s impossible for tourists to buy Kim Il sung badges. But many can be found in the streets, lost by workers!
Tous les nords coréens portent le même type de vêtements. Les hommes, civils, sont tous habillés en costumes sévères et noirs, boutonnés jusqu’au cou. Les
femmes, lorsqu’elles ne portent pas la robe colorée traditionnelle, réservée aux périodes de fêtes et de célébrations, portent aussi des vêtements stricts. Tout le
monde arbore sur le revers de la veste le pins du drapeau nord coréen ou celui à l’effigie de Kim Il Sung, signe distinctif des membres du Parti.
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Potong Gate (보통문 | 普通門) is the former western gate of Pyongyang, North Korea, from when the city was surrounded by walls.
It's current form dates from 1473, however the wooden pavilion was rebuilt in 1955 following the destruction of Pyongyang during the Korean War (1950-53).
Picture taken during a visit to North Korea in 2002.
View from the largely empty Yanggakdo Hotel tucked away from the Korean public on an island in the middle of the Taedong river.
It's an anarchic place in the North Korean capital: there's a nine-hole golf course out front, a ten-pin bowling alley, rumours of a brothel in the basement, and an Egyptian-themed karaoke bar.
A handout photo taken and relesed on August 19, 2015 by Mute records shows Slovenian avant-garde music group Laibach in Pyongyang. With a 45-minute set that included cover versions of "Edelweiss" and "Do-Re-Mi" from the "Sound of Music", Laibach became the first foreign rock band to play a gig in North Korea.
"AFP PHOTO / MUTE / JOERUND F PEDERSEN"
Blick aus dem Koryo Hotel auf Pjöngjang.
Pjöngjang ist die Hauptstadt der Demokratischen Volksrepublik Korea (Nordkorea) und liegt im Südwesten des Landes. Sie steht unter zentraler Verwaltung der Regierung. In der Kernstadt leben etwa 3.2 Mio. Menschen (2010). Das gesamte Verwaltungsgebiet Pjöngjangs, zu dem auch vier Landkreise gehören, hat ca. 4.1 Mio. Einwohner (2010).
Die Stadt ist politischer, wirtschaftlicher und kultureller Mittelpunkt sowie Verkehrsknotenpunkt des Landes.
Pyongyang is the capital and largest city of North Korea.
Pyongyang is located on the Taedong River about 109 kilometres (68 mi) upstream from its mouth on the Yellow Sea. According to the 2008 population census, it has a population of 3,255,288.
Die Fotos wurden mit freundlicher Genehmigung vom Bundestagsabgeordneten Manfed Grund zur Verfügung gestellt, welcher im März 2013 Nordkorea besuchte.
Boarding an overcrowded Pyongyang tram is not easy. However, if you are young and agile you can always find a place and even save the fare. Seen in Munsu Street, Pyongyang.
The Reunification Arch outside Pyongyang on the main highway to Sariwon, Democratic People's Republic of Korea.