The caption for picture 28 is important: "At this point, it's probably important to say that a typical street in Pyongyang is not a typical street in North Korea. Residence in the nation's capital is reserved for the political elite and their families, about 10% of the population. For the other ~22.7 million citizens, even visiting Pyongyang is not possible without a permit."
North Korea's control of even internal movement by its own citizens is more strict than pretty nearly anywhere in the world. The photos and their captions here are very illuminating about what Pyongyang looks like today, and I'm grateful that this was submitted here, but Pyongyang is indeed not representative of the northern part of Korea at all.
North Korea's control of even internal movement by its own citizens is more strict than pretty nearly anywhere in the world. The photos and their captions here are very illuminating about what Pyongyang looks like today, and I'm grateful that this was submitted here, but Pyongyang is indeed not representative of the northern part of Korea at all.