A fascinating glimpse into probably one of the last forbidden kingdoms.

Interesting to note in the few close ups no obvious smiles. A very regimented and totally controlled population to the point of being brainwashed. There are some good accounts written about brainwashing techniques used by North Korea/ China in the Korean war of the 1950’s.

Be under no illusion this is a very nasty regime.

Just looked up population of north Korea and it says around 25 million people. The place looks bloody dull and deserted… Strange country

Sad country with sad people, no smiles for the camera, landscape of shades of grey. What a brutal regime to have to live under.

Not real. They’re actually shots from the set of The Hunger Games. District 11 & 12.

There’s a very good video done (secretly) by vice travel on a tour of North Korea. If you google it you’ll find it. Very interesting, well worth a watch.

The twisty slides in the second picture gave me a right giggle for some reason

Its like Orwell’s 1984 and the book was terrifying enough.

I was in Pyongyang last September, spent a week there and took loads of pics. We were warned not to take photos especially of military personnel, have a great pic of me with a smiley soldier who couldn’t wait to get his photo taken! Saying that some of our group were made delete photos by their interpreters because they had people in them. Biggest thing you notice is there’s no shops, banks or anything apart from the odd cafe on those city streets.

Let’s hope Ireland can be as prosperous one day & the colour coming from those choirs are fantastic.

Ireland is more secretive than any country in the world just look at all the coverr ups over the years.Charlie Haughey blood transfusion abuse by the church donegal gardai politicans for planning and many more.