Into the wild Remoteness Dusty Road Middle of nowhere Sunset

Into the wild

Hiking in Northern Laos.

Remoteness

Rural village in Luang Namtha Province, northern Laos.  

Dusty Road

Journey through Saisomboun Province in central Laos.

Middle of nowhere

Local villagers on a boat off Koh Rong island in Cambodia.

Sunset

New Zealand, South Island, North Coast – river flowing towards the sea.

The Brown Country

Photograph taken from a train, travelling southwards to Pyongyang after crossing the Chinese-North Korean border. The whole countryside looks like this. There are literally no trees, and endless acres of arid fields.

Street Life

Provincial Town in Southern North Korea. Representative for other urban areas in that it looks more developed than you would expect for a Country which saw 10-20% of its population starve to death in the late 1990s. Yet, most of the concrete structures (built with Soviet Aid) are in a state of decay, as North Korea is obviously struggling […]

Subbotnik

Collective “Volunteer” Work, rural area, North Korea. Groups like this are a common sight in North Korea, be it for repairing roads, painting buildings/bridges/vehicles/street lights, planting trees, or working in the field.

A Visit to the Museum

Group of students at the Korean War Museum, Pyongyang. Once in a while, everybody needs to refresh her/his knowledge about why the Imperialist US and their vassal states (disguised under the banner of the UN) started the Korean war..

Trophies of a Victorious Nation

US American Tanks captured by the North Korean Army in the 1950s, proudly presented to both local and foreign visitors in Pyongyang. Below: USS Pueblo, an American Surveillance Ship captured by the North Korean Navy in the 1960s.

An Audience of Actors

.. where scripted behavior extends beyond the stage. Collective Public Theater watching; Youth Group in central Pyongyang, in front of the Monument for the Establishment of the Workers Party (see below).

Studying

A German Class at the “Grand People’s Study Hall”, central Pyongyang.