"What life looks like inside North Korea"

[Hortensis]

5. Supposedly NK's fortunate and "elites" get to live in Pyongyang.

Lucky them. Even so, reportedly power outages are very frequent in the city, the building interiors behind the well maintained exteriors are typically in bad shape, and only the elites are allowed to shop in the few well stocked supermarkets. But the abject poverty and malnutrition that are everywhere once the city is left behind are not allowed to be seen in their showcase city.


'Although cars are becoming widespread in Pyongyang, peasants aren't used to seeing them. Kids play in the middle of the road just like when they didn't exist'


'Bizarre: When visiting the dolphinarium in Pyongyang, you are allowed to photograph the animals, but not the soldiers who make up 99 per cent of the crowd!'


'Pyongyang is the showcase of North Korea, so building exteriors are carefully maintained. When you look inside, the truth becomes apparent'

This photographer has since been permanently banned from NK.

The WaPo pix are of real scenes, of course, but strictly the officially approved type, which makes me wonder if they were posted to try to butter up the NK regime to protect or gain access.