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Re: Life In North Korea - Illegal Photos Kim Doesn’t Want You To See

Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 6:07 pm
by jeevan
The hotel officially has no floor 5, and you can only reach it by stairs

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The door is almost always closed, but if you manage to get in, the place is full of propaganda posters, and people speculate it’s used for spying on the guests.
We did not get to interact with the locals almost at all. Most waitresses seemed slightly terrified of us

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Kim Il-Sung’s square. This is one of the places they want you to photograph

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Those allowed to live in Pyongyang are privileged, and wear a badge that is impossible to buy (you can get a fake one in China)

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You are only allowed to photograph these statues if both bodies are featured in their entirety. There was an endless stream of North Koreans bringing flowers and bowing

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