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Perhaps the most suprising thing i've seen during my last trip in North Korea in may 2010, is this: some sturgeons in a huge restaurant in central Pyongyang. My guides told me that Kim Jong il had decided to offer caviar to the people! After a pizzeria, a fast food, north koreans can now discover the taste of caviar.
It sounds like a joke, but i saw with my own eyes this restaurant!
Kim Jong Il avait decidé l'an dernier l'ouverture d'une pizzeria pour faire decouvrir les cuisines du monde aux nord coreens. Depuis il y a aussi un fast food, et recemment, un restaurant de Pyongyang propose du caviar. A l'entrée un aquarium geant present des esturgeons. Ca pourrait passer pour une blague de mauvais gout, et pourtant je l'ai vu de mes yeux vu!
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Hamhung is the main chemical city in North Korea. We were supposed to visit it.
But the guides cancelled it at the last moment. So instead of visiting the museum with no light inside (real!), we asked for another visit, and they agreed to go in the biggest farm of the area.
We could see the tractors, share pears with people etc.
North Korean agriculture works under quite difficult conditions. Most of North Korea's territory is occupied by mountains and is thus not arable. The little land that is left faces many problems.
In 1995, 2007 and 2011, floods of unsuspected size washed away rice and corn fields, destroying a good part of the crops. These floods brought the population to famine, a problem which is still lingering within the unwealthy North Koreans. For the past twenty years, North Korea has been relying on international aid such as that of the United Nation, Japan or South Korea to feed its people, and the number of people who died from illness related to hunger or malnutrition is estimated to about two million.
Moreover, was it not for the floods, North Korea still has difficulty producing enough to match its population's nutritional needs.
Most agriculture in North Korea relies on manual work. The government tries to compensate the lack of mechanization by implementing programs that call for the farm workers to get up earlier and be at work in the fields “at the break of dawn”, but the lack of productivity itself is not compensated. The still deep-rooted principle of Juche prohibits buying soil fertilizer from abroad, but the country could not afford a lot in any case due to its lack of foreign currency. In the search for exploitable land, people burn off patches of forest on the mountains. The soil being no longer held by tree roots, it in turn brings floods. Another problem is industrial pollution, which seems to come from coal-burning industries, and some cases of acid rains.
One solution seems to be favored by countryside inhabitants ; they make their own garden and sell the products on local markets or on the street, or raise their own animals, such as goats. Goats produce dairy, not a traditional North Korean food, but to which people are gradually getting used.
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North Korean and South Korean military soldiers exchanged gunfire near their border today, South Korean authorities said.
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Like most of us, I love to celebrate all the beauty in this life. However, I can never forget that just a short distance away from where I live in South Korea, large numbers live in great fear - and many innocent people suffer unspeakable punishments.
I hope that I live to see the day when the truth about the Kims is laid bare for everyone in the world to see.
...the worst band in the world but we don`t give up..
If we weren`t worried enough.. their about to cover Blondie`s Atomic.
In North Korea, the father or the mother carries his child like that, even when they are 3 or 4. I haven't seen any stroller. It's the tradition.
Pyongyang North Korea
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In North Korea, the gap is big between the grey town, the strict behaviour of the people, and the propaganda posters where KIm Il Sung is always laughing...
Pyongyang North Korea
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If you go to Sariwon, take the time to drink a fresh rice alcohol bowl in one of the numerous restaurants that welcome you.
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A woman in traditional dress in the middle of hundred of soldiers who were going to parade in Pyongyang. Do not know why she was there...to be on Flickr perhaps!
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L'armée et ses soldats sont omniprésents en Corée du Nord. Dans les rues, devant les bâtiments, même dans les champs pour aider les paysans à tenir les objectifs de production fixés par le gouvernement.
Le pays est un des plus plus militarisés du monde, avec un effectif estimée à 1,2 million d’hommes et de femmes en armes pour 23 millions d’habitants. Même si les experts pensent que le pays possède la bombe atomique, les infrastructures et les équipements visibles semblent datés des années 50.
En Corée du Nord, le service militaire dure 6 ans. 6 années qui coupent totalement la recrue de sa famille à cause de l’absence de mobile, mail et de téléphones privés.
Pyongyang North Korea 북한
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The Kindergarten by Daniel Arrhakis (2017)
With the music : 'Sneaky' - Comedy | Fun - Free Royalty Free Music - OMB
youtu.be/ZI-4UPEGNYQ?list=PLbWQ-n1M6Ry-knCPxGz4V54RTsLu8IKyE
They are terrible .... God Save Us ... And The Queen ! LOL
A Little humor in a moment that we have nothing to laugh !
"Without freedom, everything is banana" by Thomas Baumgärtel
ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B9%80%EC%A0%95%EC%9D%80
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Jong-un
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...
With a psp tilt shift FX
Pyongyang North Korea 북한
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One Star General Pak Chan Su. When we asked him why he had so many medals, he answered that he killed a lot of people!..Stupid question!
He's now got a job in the war museum as special guide, it means he can work when he wants!
Pyongyang , North Korea
북한
Number 1 on Explore May 1
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Kim Il sung statue on Mansu hill, Pyongyang North Korea DPRK 북한
The Mansudae Grand Monument was erected in April, 1972 to commemorate the 60th birthday of President Kim Il Sung. It is located on Mansu Hill in front of the Korean Revolutionary Museum and the huge mosaic of Mt. Paektu.
The bronze statue of the late President Kim is 66 ft. / 20 m. high and looks out over Pyongyang below. On either side of his statue are giant stone replicas of the Korean flag and the Workers Party of Korea flag. On either side of these flags are over 200 almost life-size bronze statues of various military and civilian figures in heroic poses.
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Mansudae Grand Monument, Kim Il Sung statue. Pyongyang North Korea.
People come from all over the country to lay flowers in front of the giant statue and to pay respect to the former president. For the North Korean people, even if he's now a momy , he is still alive, and he is their father.
The Mansudae Grand Monument was erected in April, 1972 to commemorate the 60th birthday of President Kim Il Sung. It is located on Mansu Hill in front of the Korean Revolutionary Museum and the huge mosaic of Mt. Paektu.
The bronze statue of the late President Kim is 66 ft. / 20 m. high and looks out over Pyongyang below. On either side of his statue are giant stone replicas of the Korean flag and the Workers Party of Korea flag. On either side of these flags are over 200 almost life-size bronze statues of various military and civilian figures in heroic poses.
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Nuclear Going Away Party -
Lately I find it bewildering, how my orderly homeland is propelled into chaos as the hurricane of the international media surged in. While many chase because it is their duty, some pursuit to obtain a selfie. The rest go after while they can for… I don’t know what.
Two days before 12 June, I happened to be at the wrong place the right time. Opportunity was handed to me to touch shoulders with two lovers of mushroom clouds. One is in extreme health, and the other has bins of wealth. Nothing said is never listened. And so for ten full minutes, I poured out my gift of gab. What was more startling than the intense roar of thunder was the sudden realization that nothing would ever be as it once was the moment the nuke button is hit. At the eleventh hour, the repentant pair gave me their words that they will not blossom megawatts of galaxies to foul the water, land and air.
In actual fact, I needn’t know what the grim truth is behind their public tryst. All I want from the twin opposites - to shake hands and make merry, not sorrow, in tomorrow’s world. I speak for the entire human race. Seriously, I wouldn’t bother yaking if I’m just a Galapagos turtle swimming with peaceful pigeons in the pelagic sea.
. . . And if any of you photographers get any closer, I will pull the plug on this baby, and rocket out of here! This Snowy Owl at the Muskegon Wastewater Treatment Plant has sense of power that rivals Kim Jong Un!
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A policeman in main Kaesong avenue, in North Korea. Outside Pyongyang, there are really few cars in the streets of the main town. And in the countryside, less more. In Pyongyang police has now some giant umbrellas to protect from the sun and the rain. Not yet in Kaesong...
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On the Grand monument in front of Mount Paektu, those men are students who walk for days in a kind of pilgrimage, on the steps of the nation's heroes.
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In a Chongjin kindergarden, North Korean kids learn at their earliest age many activities like music, sport, games...Including the life of Kim Il Sung (that they consider as their father) and the exploits of Kim Jong Il. To welcome me she sang "We venerate Kim Jong Il".
Chongjin is an industrial town, i felt like being in a Dickens book. This little girl is the image NK wants to give, but reality is far from this wonderful smile. It was forbidden to take pictures in Chongjin, apart the areas the guides showed me.
Dans un jardin d'enfant de Chongjin., . Les enfants en Corée du Nord apprennent très tot de nombreuses matières, telles que la musique, le sport, les jeux... Ils apprennent aussi très tôt la vie de Kim Il Sung, qu'ils considèrent comme leur Père, ainsi que les "exploits" de Kim Jong Il.
Cette petite fille m'accueuilla en me chantant "Nous vénérons Kim Jong Il".
Chongjin est une ville industrielle pres des frontieres russe et chinoise. On se croirait dans un roman de Zola. Interdiction stricte de prendre des photos, sauf dans les endroits selectionnés par les guides. Cette petite fille est à des lieux de la réalité sociale de la ville.
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The mass games see 100,000 people performing a choreographed show of simultaneous dancing and gymnastics on the pitch of Pyongyang's May Day stadium.
Les jeux de masse rassemblent plus de 100 000 participants dans des choregraphies et des mouvements de gymnastique. Ils ont lieu au May Day stadium de Pyongyang.
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Outside the Songdowon international children's camp in Wonsan, i met some pioneers, and i let them use my Canon with the 300mm on the EosDs1 MarkIII (3kg!). They liked it a lot, and the most surprising thing is that the pictures they took were not bad at all!
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Show at Mangyongdae School children's palace. Amazing. I think it's better to not understand the lyrics of the songs, very patriotic..
Pyongyang North Korea
Published in National Geographic China nov 2008
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A big progress: they now have a giant umbrella over their head!
More and more cars can be seen in Pyongyang, the void streets of the capital are now part of the past!
Taken from Koryo hotel.
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Back from a one week trip in North Korea, where i was during the 60th anniversary of the country. Many things to tell one more time, more to come...
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The highways in North Korea are huge and car less. Planes could land there. You can even see kids playing in the middle of the road. Security is a major problem because children and old people are not used to seeing cars, so they cross over the roads at any time, without watching out for oncoming traffic...
The only cars you can sometimes come across on highways are military ones, and most of them are stopped by the side of road, broken down. Or you can also see brand new Mercedes cars belonging to the north korean officials passing by at very high speeds.
Les autoroutes en Corée du Nord sont immenses et la plupart du temps vides. Des avions pourraient s’y poser sans problème. On peut même croiser des enfants qui jouent au milieu de la route. la sécurité est un gros problème malgré ou à cause du manque de voitures, car enfants et personnes âgées traversent n’importe quand et n’importe comment. la plupart des véhicules croisés sont militaires et très souvent en panne au bord de la route, capot relevé, soldat penché dans le moteur, ou de puissantes Mercedes qui appartiennent aux dirigeants et qui se déplacent à tombeau ouvert.
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Man on bike receiving a fine from policewoman, Pyongyang, north korea. This what my guide told me, but i'm not sure it was a fine...The funny thing in Pyongyang is that the guides try their best NOT to stop the bus when you ask to make a picture in town, as they say it is forbidden to stop, and dangerous! As you know, there are few cars in Pyongyang (even if there are more and more), the streets are large as airports tracks....but they always have a good reason to avoid the stops!
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September 2011
You can see if there is tension or not by looking at what the north korean soldier wear on the head: a cap = everything is quiet, a helmet = they are on red alert.
The Korean Demilitarized Zone is a strip of land running across the Korean Peninsula that serves as a buffer zone between North and South Korea. The DMZ cuts the Korean Peninsula in half, crossing the 38th parallel on an angle, with the west end of the DMZ lying south of the parallel and the east end lying north of it. It is 155 miles (248 km) long and approximately 2.5 miles (4 km) wide, and is the most heavily armed border in the world.
This isolation has created as a byproduct one of the most well-preserved pieces of temperate land in the world!!
The 2 countries have signed armistice but NOT the peace...
La Korean Demilitarized Zone, KMZ, est une bande de terre qui court le long de la péninsule coréenne pour séparer le nord et le sud le long du 38eme parallèle. Les deux pays ont signés l’armistice, mais pas la Paix. La frontière est marquée par une bordure en béton. Seuls les coréens du nord continuent à assurer une présence physique, les américains et les sud coréens ont construit un immense bâtiment d’où ils surveillent via cameras les mouvements du Nord.
Franchir la frontière revient à se faire tirer dessus. Peu de nord coréens osent franchir le 38eme parallèle car les représailles envers la famille restante, les voisins et les collègues de travail sont immédiates.
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