50 Illegal Pictures of North Korea That Depict a True Story

Like a lotus flower blooming in a sea of green leaves...

beautiful hanbok

if you want to eat you need a job... the only one available in NK is in the army. can't blame them.

I feel bad for her.

Wow

Late to the parade and forgot her uniform.

Maybe it's just a shitload of cabbies.

This doesn't look real. Why is she the only one dressed like that in a sea of military personnel? And not one of those soldiers is looking at her, which I find odd.

Gives the feeling there is life and hope in a harsh stagnant World.

In 1989 a group of 30 delegates from leftist youth organizations went to Pyongyang for the 13th World Festival of Youths and students. They liked it a lot! In fact I was one of the delegates for the 12th WEorld Youth and Student Festival held in Moscow. It was also a wonderful experience.

You could put the photo captions on any photos taken in the U.S.

I think pink is the color that people wear to show their respect for the leader in North Korea. So civilians often wear pink clothing on official festivities or holidays etc...

This could as easily be South Kore, not enough information to make a judgement.

Actually there is at least one more woman officer behind the woman in pink

"Where did my contact lens go?"

looks like she been photoshopped in

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it's fakkeee look at the woman she is shiny

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SEEMS TO ME THAT EVEN BORED PANDA IS A MEMBER OF THE MSM… AS SOON AS YOU POST A COMENT WHICH IS NOT TO """"THEIR""" LIKING…IT GET'S TAKEN OF… IF YOU WANT TO BETTER THE WORLD…. START WITH YOURSELF.!!!!! APPARENTLY YOU NEVER HEARD OF THAT…LIKE SO MANY IN THE USA..WHO DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE NORTH KOREA IS .. ASK THEM TO SHOW IT ON THE MAP…AND THEY SAY IT'S IN RUSSIA…WHERE IS RUSSIA… ???? THEY SHOW YOU THE OUTBACK IN AUSTRALIA…. GET YOUR OWN HOUSE IN ORDER BEFORE YOU DEMOLISH ANY MORE NATIONS.. EVEN IF YOU DON'T AGREE WITH THEM… THEY ALSO HAVE A RIGHT TO DEFEND THEMSELVES…AGAINST THE ONE AND ONLY USA… WHO IN ITSELF IS A NATION STOLEN FROM THE TRUE OWNERS… AND ARE THE MOST AGGRESSIVE AND DISCRIMINATING PEOPLE IN THE WORLD… THEIR BLACK COMMUNITY IS BEING TRAMPLED ON WORSE THAN IN THE DAYS OF SLAVERY…. I DARE YOU TO PUBLISH THIS BORED PANDA… DON'T BE A PART OF THIS TOTAL RIDICULOUS FARCE..CALLED "HUMAN RIGHTS" AMERICAN STYLE…

North Korea is so advanced they have computers that don't need electricity.

He's just a boy. :(

I have also read many times that on Sundays, most people must 'volunteer' to work, even if they want to sleep in, and this could mean "mowing" the grass in public areas, using their hands, because there is NO gas for lawnmowers. There are no lawnmowers.... so they do it by hand.

He's already had enough of this s**t.

They are cute. =]

Lots of room to play kickball...............IF they HAD a ball.............

I don't understand why this photo would be illegal. It looks perfectly fine and nothing too.. well.. North Korean.

Yes, its a ridiculous prohibition, 100% agree.

Even in malnutrition, he is wearing military cap and pin-button of his supreme leader.

aw the little girl is so cute with it's oversized slippers

Please be careful if you would like to do pictures of people faces where they might personally be prosecuted because you caught them in a bad situation , this is North Korea.

'Make do with what you've got'. :)

I was a camp counselor whit underprivileged kids in Québec. We took them to a national museum one day, and we had to ride up and down the escalator a few times, since some had never been on one... So this happens in the West too.

Even on their time off, they must wear uniforms. Just like the schoolkids-- when they leave home, even on the weekends, to go to the shops or whatever, they must have on their school uniforms. This country loves uniforms!

I don't mind the queue, it represents order. But here meaning of this image is so different, they are shepherded like sheep's by a mindless leader. This shows desperation, unavailability of travel resources and failing of govt doings.

With the window behind him and the light in the ceiling, i think he's seen in a pretty good light. I mean look at his shining head; It's brighter than my future

Families carefully selected by Government?? what the hell? and what happens to those who govt rejects?

At times I wonder if we try a little too much to show the dark side of the country. I am aware of how weird, cruel and wary the rules in North Korea are but I dont see anything wrong with this soldier sleeping on the grass.

Sure, these are children working.....laboring........but they are the lucky few, for they actually have on shoes and what appears to be clothes that are in pretty good condition, and are not torn, dirty, or ragged.... They even have bands for their hair and pigtails....

That's filmception. Video shoot the video shoot of a video shoot.

So sad

I suspect that a flashing camera might indeed be scary for people who had never seen a picture being taken before, especially in the case of small children.

That is one beautiful dress, that shows we all are same inside no matter where are we from. She must be wife of some high-ranking govt. official to be able to wear such colors.

no butts alowed

Suspicious eyes on the right.

"oh some hard pointy sharpy blunty rocks. What a comfy places to take my lunch nap"

Lemme guess....... I'm writing this without seeing the comments....... Daniel Losinger has said "these children died of starvation soon after this picture was taken."

It is illegal to photograph anything broken down (such as a broken down bus). It makes the country look poor and reflects negatively against the image the government thinks they project. The citizens are taught they are the greatest nation on earth and the world bows to their leader.

The art is beautiful.

You say you were asked to delete some of these photos but you didn't so what happened when you refused to?

there's a lot of this in Tijuana, Mexico. I'm certain other countries experience similar situations.

So very sad 😔

Citizens need permit to go from one place to another??? Jeez. That's unreal. I wonder how long it will take for North Koreans to stand up against this mindless tyrannical govt. and start a revolution and throw the govt. out.

I hope the poor kid didn't get in trouble over this.

I guess it must be horrible to be disabled there.

Is that Kim II Sung's suitcase and hat? Was he allowed to leave then like this before stepping on the platform?

0 happiness in this picture :(

They are obsessed with Mercedes. Kim Jon Il even tried to build his own brand, a copy of the C Class. Google "pyongyang 4.10"...

Ahh - The military cap and pin-button of supreme leader is missing.

talk to the hand