A woman searches for her lover in a crowd of soliders in Pyongyang, North Korea (2008) Photog. Eric Lafforgue
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'For anti-imperialist solidarity, peace and friendship!'
Soviet Union
1989
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The Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea, 1990.
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Polite reminder that you can watch North Korean television from the internet
Due to the recent discussion about North Korea I've decided to repost this link again.
KCNA Watch relays Korea Central TV's daily broadcasts from Pyongyang and has an archive of past broadcasts. I'm afraid its utility is limited if you don't speak Korean, but it's also gives you a direct feed from NK that isn't filtered/laundered through Western "analysis."
IMO it's really just... normal television. It's got children's cartoons in the morning, news, state propaganda, general interest segments, and educational portions. I can't really make much more than a surface-level critique of it without a knowledge of the language and more of the national context it's broadcast in, but I still think its worth a watch.
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Raphael Olivier / The Vintage Socialist Architecture of North Korea
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By Friends of Socialist China
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) organized a number of grand celebrations to mark the 70th anniversary of the signing of the armistice agreement on July 27, 1953, that ended just over three years of bitter fighting in the Korean War. Known as the Fatherland Liberation War in the DPRK and as the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea in China, July 27 is considered in both countries as a triumphant day when the two fledgling socialist states scored a historic victory over U.S. imperialism and its satellite forces.
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The Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang remains empty and unfinished nearly 40 years after construction began (photo - Ryan Nee)
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Pyongyang at night on the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Korean People’s Army.
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Pyongyang Ice Rink in Pyongyang, North Korea.
(NYT)
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Monks at Kwangbop Temple in Pyongyang, North Korea. Wikimedia Commons.
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