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In North Korea the most bizarre things can be banned. Like images of people in need of help and broomsticks next to statues. Subscribe to Talltanic http://goo.gl/wgfvrr 25. The North Korean officials hate when you take pictures of people in poverty or poor. 24. When visiting the Aquarium in North Korea, you are allowed to photograph the animals, but not the soldiers behind them. Which make up ninety percent of the crowd. 23. Photographing malnutritioned people is also not allowed. North Korea prides on being known as powerful and would prefer to not show struggling citizens. 22. When visiting North Korean families on tour the guides get excited if you photograph children with computers. It shows that they are technologically advanced, but when there is no electricity and visible in the photograph, they ask you to delete the photograph. 21. Photographing North Koreans eating grass in the park is widespread in Western Culture. The tour guides get really upset if you photograph it. 20. Photographing the leader with a broomstick next to it is considered offensive. 19. Photographing the poor is against the law in North Korea, but displaying the wealthy is unheard of in North Korea. The owners of this car were wealthy, and apart of Pyongyang’s elite group. The owners were having a BBQ. 18. Photographed above is a soldier taking a break. 17. As cars are slowly becoming more popular in Pyongyang, the poor people are still getting used to seeing them. Above is a photograph of kids playing on the main streets before oncoming cars appeared. With public transportation not widely available, there is no connection to the main towns, on highways soldiers are often spotted hitchhiking. You need a permit to go from town to town in North Korea. 16. They never want any photographs of people in North Korea struggling. 15. Pyongyang is known as the showcase of North Korea, when visiting North Korea the truth of the rich and the poorly controlled state becomes very apparent. When North Korea broadcasts itself it shows only the nice parts of the country. 14. ‘A visit to a rural home. Those houses and the families who live there are carefully selected by the government. But sometimes, a detail like a bathroom used as a cistern shows that times are hard.’ 13. Most of the buildings in North Korea are high rises, this was a quick snapshot taken in one of the high-rises while in the elevator. 12. This is a photo of the customs declaration form that reveals the items that are banned from being brought into North Korea. Any electronic were searched for any controversial content, including any Korean films, pornography, and also guide books. 11. Street sweepers and found sweeping the streets in the local park for dust. While sweeping they are monitored carefully by soldiers in the capital city. 10. Above is a photograph in a reception area for a hotel in the Capital City, broadcasting live programs about the North Korean late leaders. 9. Three young girls play next to a crop plantation, which was planted near , which have been planted near a crumbling tower block and neighborhood. This is not the type of picture that North Korea would ever display to the public. 8. A traffic officer is seen attentive on the side of the road. Watching for traffic, however, no cars were ever visible on the road that day. Not many people actually own cars in North Korea. 7. The North Korean former leaders are plastered all over most buildings and places. They are present everywhere to show the public that they are being watched by the leaders at all time. 6.The construction workers are all dressed in identical uniforms with matching yellow hard hats. While carrying equipment on the main road. 5. The waitress photographed above works in a local restaurant where propaganda images are displayed on the television all day. 4. Not many people drive in North Korea, mostly Carriages and bicycles are used for transportation. 3. Farming is the main lands survival for most people that live in Korea. Photographed here are two women with baskets after a long day working in the field. 2. Above photographed is the supermarket, with fruit for sale in the city. The shelves seem empty with only a few dried fruit to select from. 1. Attempting to leaving the controlled state still remains very difficult for many North Koreans. Above displays the watchtowers positioned all over the rural areas to prevent anyone from leaving or trying to escape.