North Korea in pictures.

[quote name='ryanbph']at some point the dictator will have to die[/QUOTE]Yeah, but there's usually someone else to jump in right away.
 
I love these photo-documenaries of communist countries. They are always very interesting and there are always things you are not allowed to take pictures of.
 
Jeez in one of those pictures, there's a guy pissing in the lake facing the camera. I think it was in the capital next to some monument.

Interesting post though.
 
It's after reading about a place like North Korea that that the BS in the US doesn't seem quite as bad. At the least we can bitch about things and can try to improve our lives. They can't even do that.
 
[quote name='CheapyD']That is awesomely sad.

There is a 1 hr documentary called "Welcome to North Korea" which is equally depressing. I tried to google it, but didn't find much info.

http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/movie.html?v_id=283831[/QUOTE]


I saw that documentary on either HBO or Showtime.. maybe Sundance, I don't remember. I couldn't stop watching it, as it was an eye opener.. definitely worth seeing.

I've always wondered about their Air Force.. if they even have one, I'd imagine it would be old MIG-17's and MIG 21's at best.
 
[quote name='Skylander7']I saw that documentary on either HBO or Showtime.. maybe Sundance, I don't remember. I couldn't stop watching it, as it was an eye opener.. definitely worth seeing.

I've always wondered about their Air Force.. if they even have one, I'd imagine it would be old MIG-17's and MIG 21's at best.[/QUOTE]
MIG 23's and MIG 29's. Though most pilots fly less than 10 hours a year due to fuel shortages.

The artillery is the problem, they have enough to dump 300,000 shells per hour on Seoul, and every 4th shell has a chemical warhead.
 
[quote name='dafoomie']MIG 23's and MIG 29's. Though most pilots fly less than 10 hours a year due to fuel shortages.

The artillery is the problem, they have enough to dump 300,000 shells per hour on Seoul, and every 4th shell has a chemical warhead.[/QUOTE]


Interesting.. I'm guessing they bought the 29's off of the Soviet Union prior to the collapse. I knew about the shells thing (which is scary as shit by the way), from when my dad spent a year over there restructuring some squadron or something 2 years ago. It's actually still considered a military "theatre", which is a little spooky in its own right. Another funny thing was the stories my dad would tell about how U.S. military personel will buy a cheap ass hooptie car, ragged out from 10 owners ago and very multi-toned/rusted, and then just sell it off to the next guy.
 
[quote name='Skylander7']Interesting.. I'm guessing they bought the 29's off of the Soviet Union prior to the collapse. I knew about the shells thing (which is scary as shit by the way), from when my dad spent a year over there restructuring some squadron or something 2 years ago. It's actually still considered a military "theatre", which is a little spooky in its own right. Another funny thing was the stories my dad would tell about how U.S. military personel will buy a cheap ass hooptie car, ragged out from 10 owners ago and very multi-toned/rusted, and then just sell it off to the next guy.[/QUOTE]
I know a couple guys that spent almost a year there. You can see the North Korean soldiers on the other side watching everything you do. Scary isn't the word for it, the force there isn't even designed to stop anything.

They had started buying a lot of planes and equipment in the 80s. No new tanks though, they're all 50s relics. Theres actually an inventory of their air force here:

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/dprk/air-force-equipment.htm

Kazakhstan actually sold them about 40 MIG 21's in 99.
 
Wow, that's just scary. Makes you think of all the freedoms we take for granted here in the US. Thanks for posting OP.
 
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