one should get a taxi to cross the road !!!

Then what's the use of these broad roads......

Gooses? Really bored panda writers? C'mon it's geese.

Interesting.

Fascinating. But I think "frozen time" is not the proper image here. Otherwise this would look new, just from the 50s. This is stagnation, neglect, and decay.

And it takes like 15mins go cross the street apparently

Surprising to see English

I feel sorta sorry for them... playing as a distraction while the road is being repaired

Have seen similar things in China, but there the roads are quite trafficed.

American only?......

It will kill the silence

The Chair designer was going through a fried egg phase, of art design inspiration.

For him (and you probably) it was absolutely impossible to do this, in the sense that there's an implied second constraint built in: "and survive." Remember what happened simply from stealing a poster.

Apples are missing!

If this was in the US, there would be a sign saying "Kid Xing"

I recall seeing in one of those TV programs about common people, they made this documentary style video report about an older lady, refugee from N. Korea, living in the south now. She found a job washing cars, and she was explaining how in the north, cars are a big deal and that, while she understands it's not the most honorable occupation in the south, she said she was very happy and proud to work as a car washer.

are they cleaning the road?

The reason why there are so many holes needing repair is because the quality and thickness of the highway is substandard. Note that the roads are asphalt, and not concrete. Since there are no cars causing wear and tear, looks are more important. Just a few days of regular travel as with Japan, or ROK, and the road would be a total wreck. In the glorious People's Republic looks are far more important, in order to show the world just how advanced, and wonderful things are in the North.

See this kind of thing all over Asia.

Are these slaves? what the hell.

This smoke is propably not due to breakdown but because the truck is powered by wood gas generator. They are really short on oil, you know.... Something like here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHbjqf4vi3c

"Let's make my country shine brighter for the Great General Kim Jung Il" or something along those lines

Even NK uses metric :')

looks like a boys band :-).

That doesn't say Seoul. It says Sok-Cho. You guys don't have any Koreans on your staff?

Independence : Sure - Reunification : Uhm, I guess... - Peace : WTF are you smoking?!

Even the billboard for cars has a billboard for cars.

Oh no! Not the knife hand!