Photos from the northern, totalitarian section of Korea.

The armistice at the conclusion of the Korean War was signed in July, 1953 by William Kelly Harrison, Jr.; which had resulted in the construction of the 20 mile-wide Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)

The Koreas were divided at the 38th parallel just before the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950.

The likelihood of the Kim family withdrawing from power, the cessation of the communist, totalitarian regime; and the reunification of both Koreas is dubious. It would be very nice, though; if the two Koreas ever reunite.

It would be wonderful if the northern, totalitarian section of Korea was taken over the southern, Democratic and non-totalitarian section of Korea.

North Korea remains under the influence under the Soviet Union, and stuck in the 1950’s. Personally, I’d rather that North Korea remained stuck in the 1970’s, 1980’s; or the 1990’s. North Korea’s government is modeled after that of the former Soviet Union.

Russia/Soviet Union provided the northern, totalitarian section of Korea with weapons, including the jet-powered MIG aircraft during the modern nation of North Korea’s early years in the 1950’s.

Like how the Soviets and East Germans did, the North Koreans exhibit propaganda paintings and posters at various sites all over the country.

North Korea’s human rights are worse than in the former East Germany/GDR, communist China, and also; Vietnam.

Portrait of Japanese girls of North Korean descent visiting their ancestral land:

North Korean Postal Service P.O Box:

Ugly hair on this young man listening to headphones connected to a boom box:

What seems to be, of all places; a Catholic church:

Outdoor changing room at the film studio in Pyongyang with little or no privacy:

Young Pioneers program modeled after the programs in Russia and other former Soviet countries:

North Korean propaganda posters and mosaics:

Site of a revolution against the Imperial Japanese in Chongbong, North Korea:

What appears to be a young North Korean solider at the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ):

A Russian UAZ Jeep-type vehicle in service with the North Korean military:

North Korea’s military also being modeled after the former Soviet Union, for instance; how their soldiers march: