You Will Delete That!

And now, from this page, some serious stuff regarding one of my special interests… right up there with Mars. Well, close anyway.

In monitoring my online haunt, I was snagged by a thread with a title magnetic.

From the very brave efforts of Eric Lafforgue, a pdf of photos he was told to delete, culled from six (Six!) trips before being banned. He gives the reason they gave for needing him to delete the pics. The Horrible Hermits™ are apparently unaware of a certain type of software. Goofballs. Albeit dangerous ones.

Many of the 57 are really quite powerful so it’s worth a look.

Linky to the pdf north-korean-delete-this

Image from his home page.

Kim, a young french military speaking guide at the Army Museum. Women may represent more than 10 percent of the entire North Korean People’s Army.
North Korea is the most militarised country in the world.According to the US State Department, North Korea has the 4th largest military in the world, at an estimated 1.2 million armed personnel for 23 millions north koreans.
Even if many think NK has nuclear bomb, the guns, cars, military equipment seems to come from the 50’s…
The Korean People’s Army is the military of North Korea. Kim Jong Il is the Supreme Commander of the Korean People’s Army . The famous Bush’s Axis of evil includes Iran, Iraq, and North Korea. In NK, every young man stay for 6 years in the Army. It means that for 6 years, he won’t have many news from his families because there is no email, mobile and very few private phones in North Korea.
La Coree du Nord est le pays le plus militarisé du monde. Ils possederairent la 4eme armée du monde, avec 1,2 million de personnels armés pour 23 millions d’habitants. Le pays possederait la bombe nucleaire, mais son materiel militaire ressemble à celui en circulation dans les années 50. La Coree du Nord fait partie de l’axe du mal denonce par George Bush.
En Coree du Nord,le service militaire est obligatoire , dure environs 6 ans, ce qui coupe completement la recrue de sa famille pour une longue diree en raison du manque de moyens de communication: pas de mobile, pas de mail, pas de telephone privé…

Kim, a young french military speaking guide at the Army Museum. Women may represent more than 10 percent of the entire North Korean People’s Army.
North Korea is the most militarised country in the world.According to the US State Department, North Korea has the 4th largest military in the world, at an estimated 1.2 million armed personnel for 23 millions north koreans.
Even if many think NK has nuclear bomb, the guns, cars, military equipment seems to come from the 50’s…
The Korean People’s Army is the military of North Korea. Kim Jong Il is the Supreme Commander of the Korean People’s Army . The famous Bush’s Axis of evil includes Iran, Iraq, and North Korea. In NK, every young man stay for 6 years in the Army. It means that for 6 years, he won’t have many news from his families because there is no email, mobile and very few private phones in North Korea.
La Coree du Nord est le pays le plus militarisé du monde. Ils possederairent la 4eme armée du monde, avec 1,2 million de personnels armés pour 23 millions d’habitants. Le pays possederait la bombe nucleaire, mais son materiel militaire ressemble à celui en circulation dans les années 50. La Coree du Nord fait partie de l’axe du mal denonce par George Bush.
En Coree du Nord,le service militaire est obligatoire , dure environs 6 ans, ce qui coupe completement la recrue de sa famille pour une longue diree en raison du manque de moyens de communication: pas de mobile, pas de mail, pas de telephone privé…

The most bizarre country on the planet, comparable to no other. The entire country is a prison, stuck in time and it seems to these eyes profoundly delusional. Creepy. Scary.

The things those lucky enough to escape say are truly horrific. I have seen more horrific images, but no matter, these convey well the situation there, shared even by the military, these are great and by a superb photographer.

The following photo is a very telling piece, however and I do think it is worth way more than the proverbial 1,000 words…

 

They don’t have electricity in North Korea, you see, or precious little of it at best.

Here is a photo from Mr. Lafforgue’s pdf that shows the electricity issue up close and personal, as does one of the Vice documentaries. Both in places intentionally chosen to represent the place in all it’s glory. At least now they realize that the things should be, you know, like, ON!

Time warp.

Prison.

Whoa.

We hear a lot about how fab their military is and the marching on Tubes looks great but this photo also from the Lafforgue piece tells a different story – along with a few others showing soldiers.

Peace.