Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

General Discussion

JI7

(93,615 posts)

7. those are all for show , that is NOT an affluent modern developed city

Reply to marybourg (Original post)

Thu Apr 13, 2017, 05:42 AM

Apr 2017

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

46 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

"What life looks like inside North Korea" [View all] marybourg Apr 2017 OP

Try reading "Nothing to Envy" PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2017 #1

Great book. Tommy_Carcetti Apr 2017 #13

Pyongyang is like a giant phony stage set, carefully presented to outsiders to hide the misery of Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #2

Yes, a "Potemkin Village" or in this case, marybourg Apr 2017 #19

it's all for show . people are not actually living like that everyday JI7 Apr 2017 #21

Only the Songbun live in the capitol. In fact, they just moved 600,000 people out of the capitol KittyWampus Apr 2017 #37

Notice how empty the city is... Kablooie Apr 2017 #3

Pyongyang itself may be nice and dandy. But the rest of the country is Third World: DetlefK Apr 2017 #4

That picture is worth 103 words SwissTony Apr 2017 #11

That's exactly the photo I was thinking about marybourg Apr 2017 #18

really ? that's your conclusion ? how about the fact as others have said that it's all fake JI7 Apr 2017 #22

Supposedly NK's fortunate and "elites" get to live in Pyongyang. Hortensis Apr 2017 #5

There's Pyongyang and then there's the rest of North Korea. EL34x4 Apr 2017 #39

Wow...really? BostonianMagi Apr 2017 #6

those are all for show , that is NOT an affluent modern developed city JI7 Apr 2017 #7

It's all a goddamn movie set populated by cult members... VOX Apr 2017 #8

So creepy. narnian60 Apr 2017 #9

and EVERYONE looks so happy.......NOT, it's sad really, they all look so sad. eom a kennedy Apr 2017 #10

hahahaha...who was it that said that for real a while back on DU? EX500rider Apr 2017 #46

Check out these DPRK Pictorial Blog Posts from The Slightly Warped website. TheBlackAdder Apr 2017 #12

Neat site. After I saw this picture... Buns_of_Fire Apr 2017 #17

And you know the people there can recite all that crap Warpy Apr 2017 #30

The golf thing is actually pretty funny jmowreader Apr 2017 #31

Hmm Ptah Apr 2017 #44

Look what's not there: Nothing that doesn't fit someone's carefully worded script: no paper, no lindysalsagal Apr 2017 #14

exactly, it's all controlled. JI7 Apr 2017 #24

LOL, I notice you haven't replied to any posts snooper2 Apr 2017 #15

LOL, like many posters here since 11/8/16 marybourg Apr 2017 #16

but you still haven't responded to what people have said about the reality of life there. you keep JI7 Apr 2017 #23

Uh....No Calculating Apr 2017 #20

Pyongyang is the North Korean version of OZ. herding cats Apr 2017 #25

Sure beats Baltimore. xor Apr 2017 #26

I didn't see one naked starving person thecrow Apr 2017 #27

A Bad Illusion Iskander Apr 2017 #28

The BBC posted about 2 hours of undercover footage a couple of years ago Warpy Apr 2017 #29

I agree KJU is done for but not who will do it. jmowreader Apr 2017 #32

No, the military or another family member will get rid of him Warpy Apr 2017 #33

Thanx, Warpy, marybourg Apr 2017 #34

Can you imagine the boom there if li'l Kim sort of faded away Warpy Apr 2017 #42

because as people have said, it's all fake . what you assume to be life is north korean propaganda JI7 Apr 2017 #45

Step outside the capitol city and there is no electricity. Go a little further and it's 19th century KittyWampus Apr 2017 #35

Yes. That doesn't make the images marybourg Apr 2017 #36

Blindness to what? RedWedge Apr 2017 #38

To anything we can see or deduce which marybourg Apr 2017 #40

Are you saying people are deducing incorrectly about these photos of NK? RedWedge Apr 2017 #41

Worst place to live Johnny2X2X Apr 2017 #43