Far East Cynic

The land of no smiles…….

There is an interesting photo essay at Foreign Policy about life inside Kita Chosen
( North Korea). It is worth going to see. 

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.

And, since it is Friday and it is May Day-what could be more appropriate than to celebrate with some Nork Pron?

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According to the article I read, Women have to meet certain physical standards in order to become traffic wardens in North Korea. “According to unconfirmed but knowledgeable sources, in addition to being in good health and at least 164cm tall (not consider tall by Western female standards), they must also be no older than 26, unmarried“, and apparently, easy on the eyes.

More here! (Link is SFW-but the site it is at is most definitely NSFW!)

They even have their own web site!

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Whenever North Korea finally does fall-something tells me that whoever can get there early is going to have an interesting couple of years. After that, it will be all down hill-assuming we all survive the chaos that will inevitably ensue when North Korea implodes……………

  1. Oh to be 40 yrs younger! You don’t always have to wait for the North to fall, you know. One of my Father’s ex-tennis players ( he was a college coach) “dropped out” of American society in the 70s, went to the then Central African Republic (the old Belgium Congo) of Emperor Bokassa I (there obviously was no#II, nor will there ever be, as he was overthrown and even the nation in that form is no more) and wormed his way into his favor and was not only made coach of the national tennis team but Minister of Sport! LOL!!! Initiative, Skippy, initiative!!

    Can you imagine the possibilities as Minister of NORKs Ministry of Driver education? “I’ve got some ‘education’ right here for you, miss…”

  2. PS: Thde traffic maidens look like they’d be GREAT at administering S & M for those so inclined! What with looks like being possessed of just the right trained, stern, authoritative “attitude.” 🙂

  3. If the short one wanted to make some extra cash for his lobster addiction, he could always sell off a few dozen of these beauties to wealthy capitalists.

  4. One thing I have noticed about Koreans-the women anyway-is that they have beautiful faces. Our neighbor is Korean and she has a beautiful face and smile.