"Comrad Kim Il Sung is worshipped by the Korean people, not only as the liberator of the Korean nation, but also as the genuine father and teacher who provided them with all rights and benefits which are indistinguishable to independent beings" --Pyongyang Review
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Infiltrating North Korea
Infiltrating North Korea Part 8: The Cult of Kim
"Comrad Kim Il Sung is worshipped by the Korean people, not only as the liberator of the Korean nation, but also as the genuine father and teacher who provided them with all rights and benefits which are indistinguishable to independent beings" --Pyongyang Review
The cult ...Infiltrating North Korea Part 7: The Mass Games
Infiltrating North Korea is a two-week series exploring the world's most reclusive nation and its bizarre, anachronistic way of life. To start reading at the beginning of the series, be sure to click here. My trip to North Korea was only the second time since the Korean ...
Infiltrating North Korea Part 6: Art and Culture, Pyongyang Style
Infiltrating North Korea is a two-week series exploring the world's most reclusive nation and its bizarre, anachronistic way of life. To start reading at the beginning of the series, be sure to click here. Like all communist regimes, the North Korean government considers ...
Infiltrating North Korea Part 5: The Sexy Traffic Girls of Pyongyang
Infiltrating North Korea is a two-week series exploring the world's most reclusive nation and its bizarre, anachronistic way of life. To start reading at the beginning of the series, be sure to click here. The most pleasant surprise in all of North Korea is undoubtedly ...
Infiltrating North Korea Part 4: The architecture of Pyongyang
Pyongyang, for the most part, is surprisingly tasteful and impressive without being too ostentatious and grandiose.
This is because Kim Il Sung, like all megalomaniacs, built his capital to showcase the power and sophistication of his regime and to serve as a shining ...Infiltrating North Korea Part 3: The enigma of Pyongyang
I was quite pleased to discover that Pyongyang does not suffer from the typical communist infatuation with soulless concrete and is, instead, a rather pleasant city blessed with wide boulevards, spacious squares, picturesque parks, tree-lined sidewalks, traditional ...Infiltrating North Korea Part 2: The challenges of being a tourist
If my hotel was any inclination of what to expect in North Korea--and it turned out to be--my time spent in the Hermit Kingdom would be as a distant observer far removed from the everyday life and culture of North Koreans and cut off from the general populace itself. ...Photo of the Day (12/6/07)
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Today's Photo of the Day comes to us from North Korea--site of my most recent vacation. And yes, I've nominated one of my own photographs for today's honor. I personally find this photograph interesting because I was naturally concerned that there would be very little food ...Infiltrating North Korea Part 1
My first impression of North Korea was just what I expected: an old, weathered airport crowded with dour-faced people in uniforms. Policemen, soldiers, customs officials, airline employees and lord knows what other branch of the government requiring a uniform were all ...
