A trip to North Korea

[cultureofdoubt]

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A trip to North Korea - photos and commentary from a Russian visitor to North Korea, kindly translated (in a condensed form) for English speakers. The photographs are fascinating. It's a creepy place.

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[beingjdc]

It's interesting how different the photos taken by the Russian visitor are. Also that the comparison people got most excited by was how much better the South is at using their lighting inefficiently...

[typical]

It's not inefficient. Believe me, I've lived there.

They need all that light.

[beingjdc]

In space?

[typical]

Densely populated enough to need enough light to be seen from space, yes.

Europe and the US look much the same.

[beingjdc]

Europe and the US look much the same.

We are hardly models for efficient energy use... and I dispute that this is necessary.

http://lostseouls.com/blog4/jong-no-blurred.jpg