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25-OCT-2013

North Korean Advertisement

The only advertisement I ever saw in North Korea.
(Pyeonghwa) Peace Motors, a joint venture between North Korean and a Seoul-based company, is the only company to advertise in North Korea. They have several billboards and run television ads (never seen myself though) and produce about 700 cars a year, even though they have a production capacity of about 10.000 cars per year.

A few journalists say that this propaganda is more of a propaganda thing then actual advertisements; to make the local population believe that their economy is successful.
In my opinion the cars look pretty much like BMW-models from the outside, and this could confirm the rumors that the Kim family is a big fan of German sports cars.
Great catch anyway.

Nikon D800
1/320s f/9.0 at 17.0mm iso160 full exif

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Tom Beech22-Jan-2016 12:56
That is curious for sure... glad you photographed it.
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