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Offline Ptarmigan

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Lost world: Scenes from North Korea's closed society
« on: August 04, 2011, 07:49:02 PM »
Lost world: Scenes from North Korea's closed society
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/lost-world-scenes-from-north-koreas-closed-society-2332102.html

North Korea is stuck in Stalinist Soviet Union. Could this be America?
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Re: Lost world: Scenes from North Korea's closed society
« Reply #1 on: August 04, 2011, 08:42:05 PM »
These images are nothing close to the truth of average everyday North Korea.
Very very contrived and controlled.

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Re: Lost world: Scenes from North Korea's closed society
« Reply #2 on: August 04, 2011, 09:09:33 PM »
These images are nothing close to the truth of average everyday North Korea.
Very very contrived and controlled.

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The lack of people in most of the photos is what struck me the most about the photos. 

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Re: Lost world: Scenes from North Korea's closed society
« Reply #3 on: August 05, 2011, 04:19:02 PM »
These photos on flicker are much more revealing.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kernbeisser/