North Korea holidays
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Hong Kong native Ted Lau’s new book tries to understand everyday life in the ‘dystopian utopia’ of a totalitarian country shrouded in mystery
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Former residents talk NK News through the everyday photos the regime allows the world to see
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The cold leaves people subdued but as the weather warms up parasols and beer drinkers come out in force. Photographer Fabian Muir, a finalist in the inaugural Magnum photography awards, shares the best of his photos from the secretive state
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Utterly flattened by US bombing during the Korean war, Pyongyang was rebuilt from scratch from 1953 onwards. Although many of the early structures borrow heavily from Stalinist neo-classicism, they also have a distinctly Korean air. The result is a highly theatrical city, where every vista is carefully framed -
We go behind the scenes with photographer Daniel Miller as the Slovenian industrial rockers claim the title of the first western band to play the DPRK
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Instagram has just been banned in North Korea, which is no surprise given the mixed reaction locals have to being photographed by foreign visitors – as these photographs illustrate
TV review Michael Palin in North Korea review – a soothing look at a despotic regime
3 out of 5 stars.