Recent Posts From stories

North Korean women love their high heels

by Tina Cheung High-heeled ankle boots, stilettos, kitten heels, wedges and...

Agriculture up but still not enough

By Siqi Tian On the 175 kilometer Reunification Highway from Pyongyang to...

Entertainment exists in Pyongyang

By Cheung Man Huen At two entertainment spots in Pyongyang, locals seemed to...

North Korea sells different version of history

By Nathaniel Suen Nok-heng In Pyongyang’s  Victorious Fatherland...

North Koreans visit statues, memorials on wedding day  

By Tingyu Chen Catherine A man and a woman wearing traditional Korean dress...

Recent Posts From photos

Portraits of locals

by Viola Zhou I tried to interact with local people. Most of the time they...

The Korean countryside

Only recently have tourists been allowed to take photos out of the bus...

Pyongyang Life

Only recently have tourists been allowed to bring cameras and mobile phones...

Pyongyang Metro

The Pyongyang metro has hundreds of thousands of riders a day, North Korea...

Art

By Annie Lee The propaganda posters and exclamative red signs illustrate...

Food

by Joanna Wong by Joanna

Kids

Children consume propaganda from birth. The Juche ideology and the leaders...

Ground and Sky

By Shan Shan Kao Pyongyang is focused on scale: Statues are huge, monuments...

Fashion

Uniformity is one of the main ideologies in North Korea and it shows up in...

Transportation

Most people in North Korea travel by public transport or bicycle. Traffic is...

Recent Videos

Good Morning Pyongyang by Shan Shan Kao
At the Kaeson Youth amusement park by Shan Shan Kao
Transportation in the DPRK by Joey Hung and Yanis Chan
At the Ryugyong Health complex: inline skate park and ice-skating rink by Shan Shan Kao
Freefall drop tower at the Kaeson Youth amusement park by Joanna Wong
A one-stop ride on the Pyongyang metro by Joanna Wong
Performance at the June 9th Middle School in Pyongyang by Joanna Wong
At the Pyongyang ice skating rink by Joanna Wong
North Korea from the bus window by Shan Shan Kao
  • Good Morning Pyongyang by Shan Shan Kao

  • At the Kaeson Youth amusement park by Shan Shan Kao

  • Transportation in the DPRK by Joey Hung and Yanis Chan

  • At the Ryugyong Health complex: inline skate park and ice-skating rink by Shan Shan Kao

  • Freefall drop tower at the Kaeson Youth amusement park by Joanna Wong

  • A one-stop ride on the Pyongyang metro by Joanna Wong

  • Performance at the June 9th Middle School in Pyongyang by Joanna Wong

  • At the Pyongyang ice skating rink by Joanna Wong

  • North Korea from the bus window by Shan Shan Kao