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[–] invo_rt@hexbear.net 8 points 9 hours ago

Not a single ad in sight wholesome

[–] RION@hexbear.net 18 points 13 hours ago

It's really wild to think that they just... Did this. Can you imagine if trump shaved like $20 billion off the military budget and built Trumpville? Slam dunk PR for peanuts

[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 13 hours ago

Wow that's beautiful, I genuinely didn't know North Korea could look like this (of course I knew corporate media lies about North Korea but still)

[–] KurtVonnegut@hexbear.net 23 points 16 hours ago

By the way, this is an indirect result of the Ukraine-Russia war. Russia began selling large amounts of oil to North Korea in return for weapons since the war started. One of the new buildings was recently dedicated to the memory of North Korean soldiers who died while fighting Ukraine.

[–] ThermonuclearHoxha@hexbear.net 26 points 16 hours ago

But guuuuuuuuuuuuuys, these are fake Potemkin villages for the tourists and just a visibility project so some local leader gets promoted /s

[–] ClathrateG@hexbear.net 18 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

Kim personally gave out the keys to 60,000 new apartments yesterday, obviously a photo op, but the fact that the state built and gave those apartments to citizens for free compared with people having to sacrifice 60%+ of their income for shitty accommodation without any ownership in sight for most, shows the difference between the DPRK and neoliberal states

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 19 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

I really like the cutaway style of these 2 white building fronts, I also want to know what's going on with the brown building with the pillar roof too it's a really strange design.

[–] purpleworm@hexbear.net 21 points 17 hours ago

That second photo looks like a render from a video game or something.

[–] AstroStelar@hexbear.net 21 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

North Korean urban planning and architecture fascinates me as someone with a deep interest in urban planning. If I go there I wish I could study their guidelines and have discussions with planners.

The architecture feels almost cartoony with its designs and bright colours. This district feels modern but not sterile by being all white, glass and steel, I love it.

I do hope they extend a metro line to it, it badly needs it.

[–] Sasuke@hexbear.net 15 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

They really have an eye for color

[–] WokePalpatine@hexbear.net 9 points 14 hours ago

That's why the Workers Party Of Korea has the paint brush in its logo.

[–] dead@hexbear.net 15 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

This is the source of your photos, click the camera icon. The article says that 50,000 new living spaces have been constructed. I'm guessing that's why the 4th photo you posted has a '50000' sign.

http://kcna.kp/en/article/q/b84f1af857e5a9bd76e4300a91133f7a.kcmsf

https://archive.is/PEzjm

[–] dead@hexbear.net 11 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

Photo 23 & 24 shows Kim Jong Un + daughter at pet store. I've wondered why many of DPRK signs have English translations.

[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 15 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

i've wondered why many of DPRK signs have English translations.

lingua franca for international tourists, although i might've guessed they don't have the numbers coming through to need it.

[–] purpleworm@hexbear.net 10 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Pyongyang (and to some extent a few other places) get a meaningful volume of tourism. I don't really know why a pet store has English signage like that though, since I don't think the tourists have much business there. Maybe just for when they take pictures and videos to publish for an international audience?

[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 8 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

perhaps they broadly regulate all such signage and don't micromanage it enough that anybody cares to make an exception on the business type.

canada has french labelling requirements even in the places where nobody speaks it.

[–] purpleworm@hexbear.net 7 points 11 hours ago

That's a good point

[–] Horse@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 16 hours ago

iirc, the DPRK is starting to open up more to tourism
makes sense for new construction

[–] HarryLime@hexbear.net 30 points 19 hours ago (2 children)
[–] GladimirLenin@hexbear.net 19 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

That looks so nice. It alway surprises me how few cars there are considering the planning of their roads and stuff with roundabouts etc. I guess this is what it looks like when you have a government that is willing to plan ahead.

[–] CascadeOfLight@hexbear.net 22 points 16 hours ago

I always wondered why the DPRK had such wide roads everywhere seemingly without the traffic to require it, until I saw a road map of Moscow highlighting the ring roads the Soviets built so they could rapidly deploy air defence equipment at a moment's notice, and suddenly it all made sense.

[–] QinShiHuangsShlong@lemmy.ml 15 points 16 hours ago

Road mobile launchers and ability to easily move military equipment.

[–] HarryLime@hexbear.net 22 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

bumping up against the limits of what I can upload in a certain time frame. I will post more when I can.

[–] Pentacat@hexbear.net 4 points 11 hours ago

These are great. Thanks for sharing.

[–] HarryLime@hexbear.net 26 points 19 hours ago