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| This woman is reading the paper in the subway |
The most amazing thing about North Korea to me is that in a
time where information is flattening the world North Korean’s live totally cut
off from information. Everything feels stopped in time. Even when I travel
very off the beaten path in Africa there are people with email addresses,
access to the internet and cell phones that keep them connected outside their
smaller circles.
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| Reading the paper on a street corner |
In North Korea, the
regime has managed to keep the internet and international cell phones out (though
it appears that Chinese networks are becoming available to people who live near
the border and they allow contact with people outside of North Korea.)
Mostly people learn about the world through what seemed like one
newspaper that was posted in frames on subway platforms and a few public places
where people stood to read it together.
There are also a few TV channels but if my watching was any indication
of their programming it’s more just a replaying of the propaganda message of
the Supreme Leader Kim Il Sung and the Dear Leader Kim Jung il and their
activities.
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