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Reporting From North Korea

July 4, 2006 Posted by John at 7:20 PM

One of my brothers stumbled across this web page by a Russian web designer who visited, and photographed, North Korea. The pictures, with his brief accounts, are riveting. This one is of the North Korean countryside. Those are oxen, I think; click to enlarge:

This one shows some government architecture and statues. The photograper, Artemii Lebedev, writes:

The plaster statues are clean and not broken apart. North Korea is a perfect reproduction of the year 1950.

And this is one of the chief monuments to the Fearless Leader; the lights go off at 11: