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  • #1

    Pyongyang Photographs

    Dang. If you know anything about South Korea, this is in stark contrast. Read the comments below too(yes some are trolls and are annoying, but the others tend to be good)-- I agree that Pyongyang is a showcase town. Even then, there's still signs of ... wrongness. Where are all the people?
    The photographs are all very well done-- and most come off as haunting and creepy. Even the more normal ones.
    http://www.businessinsider.com/pyong...ea-2011-5?op=1
    "Is it the lie that keeps you sane? Is this the lie that keeps you sane?What is it?Can it be?Ought it to exist?"
    "...and may it be that I cleave to the ugly truth, rather than the beautiful lie..."
    Tags: north korea, photography, pyongyang
  • #2
    Daily life as you're allowed to see by the 'tour guide'...every one of those people is just posing in front of an empty set. Makes me sad.
    I don't go in for ancient wisdom
    I don't believe just 'cause ideas are tenacious
    It means that they're worthy - Tim Minchin, "White Wine in the Sun"

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    • #3
      Quoth BookstoreEscapee View Post
      Daily life as you're allowed to see by the 'tour guide'...every one of those people is just posing in front of an empty set. Makes me sad.
      And supposedly this city is in the running for I believe it's the Winter Olympics further down the track.
      The best professors are mad scientists! -Zoom

      Now queen of USSR-Land...

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      • #4
        Maybe, just maybe, the whole "winter olympics" thing will actually crack the country open. *hopes*
        "Is it the lie that keeps you sane? Is this the lie that keeps you sane?What is it?Can it be?Ought it to exist?"
        "...and may it be that I cleave to the ugly truth, rather than the beautiful lie..."

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        • #5
          Quoth teh_blumchenkinder View Post
          Maybe, just maybe, the whole "winter olympics" thing will actually crack the country open. *hopes*
          They're in the running for the 2018 Olympics and they're one of the three final cities.

          The other two are Annecy (France) and Munich (Germany).

          For the Summer Olympics, Rome is the only city so far officially nominated by their National Olympic Committee for bids. (this is the 2020 Olympics btw). Other cities that are expressing interesting in running include Tokyo (despite the Tohoku earthquake, they're hoping that the Olympics will help with reconstruction efforts), Doha (in Qatar, they ran for the 2016 Olympics but failed), Dubai, Toronto and possibly Brisbane.
          The best professors are mad scientists! -Zoom

          Now queen of USSR-Land...

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          • #6
            Photo #11 is the stolen / pirated USS Pueblo.

            Photo 30: State-sanctioned haircuts?
            Last edited by Caveat Emptor; 05-31-2011, 10:52 AM.
            Testing
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            • #7
              The pics seem so empty and unnatural.
              I don't get paid enough to kiss your a**! -Groezig 5/31/08
              Another day...another million braincells lost...-Sarlon 6/16/08
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              • #8
                Everything is so grey, it's quite depressing.

                The most colorful picture was the golf caddy.

                Also, I'm surprised they'd allow the big SPALDING to be photographed, especially since it is a USA company.

                Nice catch on #11, Caveat (unless the ship is a hand-me-down).
                Quote Dalesys:
                ... as in "Ifn thet dawg comes at me, Ima gonna shutz ma panz!"

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                • #9
                  So I've been reading the rather lengthy thread on Fark.com about this article and various people posted some interesting things if anyone wants to check 'em out. (I haven't watched the videos, yet, but there were several other comments about how good they were.)

                  Pictures of actual people doing actual things (just wish the text was in English...I think it's Russian?)
                  http://www.tema.ru/travel/north-korea-1/
                  http://www.tema.ru/travel/north-korea-2/
                  http://www.tema.ru/travel/north-korea-3/
                  http://www.tema.ru/travel/north-korea-4/
                  http://www.tema.ru/travel/north-korea-5/

                  Documentary and whatnot
                  http://www.vbs.tv/watch/the-vice-gui...h-korea-1-of-3

                  Inside North Korea

                  and, um,
                  Kim Jong Il looking at things...
                  Last edited by BookstoreEscapee; 06-02-2011, 03:59 AM.
                  I don't go in for ancient wisdom
                  I don't believe just 'cause ideas are tenacious
                  It means that they're worthy - Tim Minchin, "White Wine in the Sun"

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                  • #10
                    Thanks so much BE! Those are much better, even if they're still depressing. This is in marked contrast to South Korea! I mean... there are almost veritable rivers of people everywhere... and jeeze, that dude with the ox? At least the people look more 'real.' Less posed. More in situ, if you will.
                    I wonder if google translate would do anything... or I can try for someone who speaks Russian at MyUniversity. We do have a signifigant russian/russian-speaking chunk of people here in MyTown.
                    EDIT: google translate page
                    http://translate.google.com/translat...rth-korea-1%2F
                    Last edited by teh_blumchenkinder; 06-04-2011, 05:56 AM.
                    "Is it the lie that keeps you sane? Is this the lie that keeps you sane?What is it?Can it be?Ought it to exist?"
                    "...and may it be that I cleave to the ugly truth, rather than the beautiful lie..."

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                    • #11
                      Quoth teh_blumchenkinder View Post
                      Thanks so much BE! Those are much better, even if they're still depressing. This is in marked contrast to South Korea! I mean... there are almost veritable rivers of people everywhere... and jeeze, that dude with the ox? At least the people look more 'real.' Less posed. More in situ, if you will.
                      I wonder if google translate would do anything... or I can try for someone who speaks Russian at MyUniversity. We do have a signifigant russian/russian-speaking chunk of people here in MyTown.
                      EDIT: google translate page
                      http://translate.google.com/translat...rth-korea-1%2F
                      Cool! Thanks. Didn't think to try that.

                      That picture with the guy and the ox, I would have thought was black and white if the ox wasn't brown.
                      I don't go in for ancient wisdom
                      I don't believe just 'cause ideas are tenacious
                      It means that they're worthy - Tim Minchin, "White Wine in the Sun"

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                      • #12
                        Quoth draggar View Post
                        Everything is so grey, it's quite depressing.

                        The most colorful picture was the golf caddy.

                        Also, I'm surprised they'd allow the big SPALDING to be photographed, especially since it is a USA company.

                        Nice catch on #11, Caveat (unless the ship is a hand-me-down).
                        I doubt those clubs had ever been used to actually play golf prior to that picture . . . nor had those clothes been worn. They looked way too new.
                        They say that God only gives us what we can handle. Apparently, God thinks I'm a bad ass.

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                        • #13
                          Quoth Panacea View Post
                          I doubt those clubs had ever been used to actually play golf prior to that picture . . . nor had those clothes been worn. They looked way too new.
                          They all do...and notice they're all in pretty much the exact same pose..
                          I don't go in for ancient wisdom
                          I don't believe just 'cause ideas are tenacious
                          It means that they're worthy - Tim Minchin, "White Wine in the Sun"

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                          • #14
                            I sometimes wonder if Kim Jong Il is actually proud of this lot; if he thinks these gray, bland, depressing cityscapes that all look like a before picture of Pruitt Igoe are really the best architecture money can buy. Do you get the feeling that if he visited Tokyo or Hong Kong, his head would explode like a watermelon?

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