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 scant signs of mechanization |
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 main method of transport in North Korean countryside |
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 Bicycle repairmen v. popular |
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 schoolgirls on a busy Pyongyang sidewalk |
 telephone wire repairman |
 washing clothes in the river |
 motorcycle says its a Honda… in China often theyre not… |
 more friendly hellos and smiles from people doing backbreaking work |
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 older women taking a rest |
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 kids fishing if you look closely you can see one of them is a latchkey kid |
 kids with little means and big grins |
 North Korean teletubbies DPRK |
 Pyongyang daily commute |
 Smiling KPA DPRK |
 this rest likely well-deserved |
 Pyongyang rush hour |
 child towing wheelbarrow behind adult |
 not sure what these kids are doing… but theyre not in school |
 intranet revolution in DPRK ? not internet |
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 When Eric Schmidt was shown this rm he asked whether it was the global web. He was told no its the DPRK version. |
 practicing hard for the Mass Games |
 alternative public transport |
 the smaller the village the more suspicion and fear of foreigners |
 traditional Korean dress for children |
 Pyongyang train station |
 outdoor theatre |
 here she is trying to get her mothers attention to tell her |
 innovative water sprinkler. Despite the difficult climate grass almost always green on Pyongyang sidewalks |
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 irrigation ditch |
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 bike parking |
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 looks like they're working on irrigation? |
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 Car wash North Korean style |
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 child walking home |
 bicycle repair shop sorely needed on every corner |
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 new phenomenon to see so many motorcycles |
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 tractors very rare and this one about to tip |
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 heavy loads |
 railroads can be social places |
 erosion causes land degradation sedimentation of waterways ecological collapse due to loss of upper soil layers |
 railroads are social places |
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 cigarette break |
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 one baseball hat one improvised hat |
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 lots of children in the fields but not necessarily working. many playing. |
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 man and his aquamarine bicycle |
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 Kyphosis |
 Kyphosis |
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 small commerce very prevalent in countryside |
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 telephone wire repairman |
 playing some kind of board game |
 more countryside small commerce DPRK really pushingpromoting light industry |
 another bicycle repair station |
 kid in the fields |
 kids in the fields |
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 From the hotelisland where they keep foreigners. I call it Alcatraz its the Yanggakdo. Far prefer the Koryo. |
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 different approaches to foreigners not surprising that younger much more open |
 smiling kid his shoes have seen better days. |
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 DPRK light industry -- govt making a big push for it. felixabt knows a lot about it |
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 Billy Goat Gruff |
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 more rural kids playing DPRK |
 looks like a long way home DPRK |
 hard work |
 no wonder she needs a ride check out those heels DPRK |
 kids on side of road |
 rush hour |
 All the news thats fit to print.or rather deemed fit to read in Pyongyang. Usually has todays yesterdays news |
 looks like a street in a place other than North Korea no? |
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 adidas socks |
 not quite in formation |
 women cadets |
 gorgeous little kids picking flowers |
 nice intergenerational exchange. looks like she is selling things |
 kids will be kids anywhere |
 bus stop adverts devoid of brand names |
 out for a Sunday stroll DPRK |
 check out this dudes shoes DPRK |
 relaxing and texting on a Sunday |
 DPRK rainbow bus |
 this bus had an electrical failure right in front of us wires down big explosion |
 broken electrical wires hanging |
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 time for a spot of badminton DPRK |
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 got to get one of these frilly telephone pillows |
 When Eric Schmidt was shown this rm he asked whether it was the global web. He was told no its the DPRK version. |
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 Pyongyang looking a little more like Beijing every visit. |
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 village in Onchon County South Pyongan Province |
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 bashful child and bicycle |
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 clear signs of commerce in the v. small town in Onchon County South Pyongan Province |
 clear signs of commerce in the v. small town in Onchon County South Pyongan Province |
 market in a small village in Onchon County South Pyongan Province |
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 boy in small village in Onchon County South Pyongan Province. not sure what kind of planting in background dpinkston? |
 more light industry commerce far from Pyongyang |
 guess Pyongyang or Beijing ? |
 innovative water sprinkler. Despite the difficult climate grass almost always green on Pyongyang sidewalks |
 DPRK rainbow bus |
 this bus had an electrical failure right in front of us wires down big explosion |
 broken electrical wires hanging |
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 time for a spot of badminton DPRK |
 intranet revolution in DPRK ? not internet |
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 got to get one of these frilly telephone pillows |
 When Eric Schmidt was shown this rm he asked whether it was the global web. He was told no its the DPRK version. |
 When Eric Schmidt was shown this rm he asked whether it was the global web. He was told no its the DPRK version. |
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 Pyongyang looking a little more like Beijing every visit. |
 practicing hard for the Mass Games |
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 alternative public transport |
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 village in Onchon County South Pyongan Province |
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 bashful child and bicycle |
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 clear signs of commerce in the v. small town in Onchon County South Pyongan Province |
 clear signs of commerce in the v. small town in Onchon County South Pyongan Province |
 market in a small village in Onchon County South Pyongan Province |
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 boy in small village in Onchon County South Pyongan Province. not sure what kind of planting in background dpinkston? |
 more light industry commerce far from Pyongyang |
 the smaller the village the more suspicion and fear of foreigners |
 here she is trying to get her mothers attention to tell her |
 guess Pyongyang or Beijing ? |