Russian designer Artemy Lebedev visits North Korea

[Joonikko]

Hello

Here are links to some images taken in North-Korea by Artemy Lebedev, a Russian designer who recently visited the country.

Part 1 - Main details - http://imgur.com/a/zsJXU?gallery
Part 2 - Defense - http://imgur.com/a/CKBlK?gallery
Part 3 - Visual culture - http://imgur.com/a/3Ez3M?gallery
Part 4 - Transportation - http://imgur.com/a/PPF91?gallery

I thought this might be interesting for some of you, at least it was for me.

- Joonikko

 

[Kreubs]

It's like looking at pictures of Romania from 40 years ago.

 

[MikeK]

It's like looking at pictures of Romania from 40 years ago.

Have you read the comments yet?

"It's possible to pinpoint the time in which North Korea is living: it's 1950"

It's like 60-65 years, lol.

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I feel sorry for those people.

 

[Kreubs]

Have you read the comments yet?

"It's possible to pinpoint the time in which North Korea is living: it's 1950"

Yes, I read the comments.

You didn't understand what I said. NK, now, looks like what Romania did 40/50 years ago.

 

[SteelHorse]

Very cool! I had been keeping up with this guys posts but hadn't seen all of them. Makes me want to go there and see it for myself.

 

[MikeK]

Yes, I read the comments.

You didn't understand what I said. NK, now, looks like what Romania did 40/50 years ago.

Oh.
Didn't read your comment properly


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[Kreubs]

Oh.
Didn't read your comment properly


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I feel sorry for those people.

I do too


The amount of brainwashing they go through just makes me mad

 

[MikeK]

The only benefit of living there - probably the nicest subway in the world. Despite the train cars, lol.


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[theGenius]

some nice footage, usually visitors only can take pictures of official tourist sites. here u have footage of people going about their everyday lifes, interesting.

 

[MikeK]

some nice footage, usually visitors only can take pictures of official tourist sites. here u have footage of people going about their everyday lifes, interesting.

That's cuz Russians don't bother abiding by the law :s♥♥♥♥♥♥:

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stupid nig er plugin wouldn't let me use an innocent word snig ger...

 

[Trasgu]

What does the shirt say? (not a parody of the song) I know CCCP is USSR in russian but whats the thing on top?

 

[Joonikko]

What does the shirt say? (not a parody of the song) I know CCCP is USSR in russian but whats the thing on top?

"Hysteria of the USSR", but it closely resembles "History of the USSR" and thats probably why it got unnoticed by the north koreans.

 

[DamageINC]

That was very interesting. I read all of the comments on each page. I wonder if the 'guide' got punished for pictures of things he (the Russian) wasn't supposed to photograph ending up on the internet.

Amazing a country that oppressed still exists. And quite sad. Next time i hear an American complaining about freedoms being taken, I'm going to smack him. I complain about this country a lot as well, but things like that really put it into perspective and show how free we actually are in many respects.

 

[Joonikko]

That was very interesting. I read all of the comments on each page. I wonder if the 'guide' got punished for pictures of things he (the Russian) wasn't supposed to photograph ending up on the internet.

Vice shot a documentary about North Korea. After the documentary was released, couple guys from the "North Korean embassy" (which doesn't exist, btw) showed up at Vice's offices. The people who shot the documentary were told not to come to work, probably for a good reason.

Edit: Linked all the Vice's video's about North Korea to here: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/43554214/NK.html