ejenner wrote: TANG0F0XTR0T wrote:
I must ask, do you need permission to take pics in NK?
oh yes. this is not a place where I would ever want to break the law. I can however tell you that as a tourist you may bring camera equipment and take photos as well. There are a small number of tour providers and if you want a specific recommendation I am happy to supply one via PM.
NKnews is independent, which is why their journos aren't very welcome in the DPRK. I like their work a lot because there aren't a lot of other people who seriously, full-time try to report on the country as opposed to reading up for an hour and writing some half-mistaken article and then moving on to another story.
[Personally I thought the images themselves were quite complimentary to NK (I mean they are good photos, streets are clean, people are clean etc...). Perhaps some of the wording would be adjusted for local consumption.
not everything is clean in the DPRK and life in the countryside can be really quite harsh. I shall furnish a few images next to that extend. but totalitarian regimes tend to be law&order places (you know, at least for the average joe) and you generally feel safe on their streets.
I like the pictures a lot. I'm mainly curious how comments and captions on the pictures are seen by the NK government.
I don't know. I do know what kind of images cause trouble and that posts to instagram is something they search for, which is why this stuff isn't there.
I have to admit I am getting my news from the media but they seem to not like the slightest hint of criticism, even if that is reality.
you are absolutely correct. think of how a 15 year-old girl handles criticism and you have it pretty much right.
dalite wrote:
You're lucky you didn't get arrested for taking some photographs. By the way, have you met fellow FMer Frogfish who also lives in Shanghai?
I have not meet him. I do live in Beijing now but I am frequently in Shanghai and would love to hang out with fellow photography nutters :-)
Mar 07, 2019 at 08:13 AM
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