Photo Essay - North Korea - The Land Of No Smiles With the death of Kim Jong Il, the eyes of the world are very much on North Korea at the moment. What goes on inside North Korea is a mystery to many of us. This is a photo essay which was published online on Foreign Policy two years ago, which gives some sense of life there. Foreign Policy put some context on the photos: “Renowned documentary photographer Tomas van Houtryve entered North Korea by posing as a businessman looking to open a chocolate factory. Despite 24-hour surveillance by North Korean minders, he took arresting photographs of Pyongyang and its people — images rarely captured and even more rarely distributed in the West. They show stark glimmers of everyday life in the world’s last gulag.”

Photo Essay - North Korea - The Land Of No Smiles

With the death of Kim Jong Il, the eyes of the world are very much on North Korea at the moment.

What goes on inside North Korea is a mystery to many of us. This is a photo essay which was published online on Foreign Policy two years ago, which gives some sense of life there.

Foreign Policy put some context on the photos:

“Renowned documentary photographer Tomas van Houtryve entered North Korea by posing as a businessman looking to open a chocolate factory. Despite 24-hour surveillance by North Korean minders, he took arresting photographs of Pyongyang and its people — images rarely captured and even more rarely distributed in the West. They show stark glimmers of everyday life in the world’s last gulag.”

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