North Korea Spying in a real North Korean supermarket
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Johan Kruseman
Updated on 24 October 2024
Updated on 24 October 2024
Next, we visited a bookstore with many books devoted to the leaders, portraying them in almost god-like proportions, and filled with anti-imperialistic propaganda (they don‘t seem to have a great appreciation for the US :P). I managed to sneak into a supermarket (not on the schedule, and since I was still under surveillance, I had to be quick: camera-ready, take some quick pictures, and back on the streets in seconds; man, maybe I would have made a good spy). The supermarket was (again) completely empty, which made me wonder where all the North Koreans get their food.
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Traveled route: Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge, Pyjongyang, Kaesong Checkpoint, Wonsan, Hamhung
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