North Korean Workers' Party 65th Anniversary Celebration (PHOTOS)--link

[Anonymous]

Thank you for the link! Yes, quite interesting family reunion eating fried chicken and hot dogs. Some of the other pictures of the families in the park can make you ask yourself the question " Are these people as happy as they seem to look on the picture or they only smile for the photo?"

[Anonymous]

The only thought that kept coming to my mind as I looked at the photos of the Party was, "How many hours do you think these people were forced to rehearse this to make it perfect?"

[Anonymous]

Interesting photos, clearly the government wanted these pictures to get out for propaganda purposes, they would never let out pictures of how hard these people worked to put this celebration on, or what their daily lives are like.

[Anonymous]

Only the beautiful people are shown in the pictures, obviously. I noticed that they only showed young people too. I thought it was interesting to see that the pictures of food, in some cases, were people who looked extremely emaciated. There was very little food shown in these pictures too. I am happy that some of these people aren't suffering, as I understand that the rest of the country is suffering. Is it also true that the farmers food is taken from them to feed the servicemen and women?

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the link. The comments have been about the people in the park. Yes. It is a bit strange. But, I found the first ten pictures of the celebration to be more interesting. I wasn't sure if the performers were happy or sad. They were very colorful and lively. Then, the tone of the pictures changed. The picnic pictures were dark, gloomy, and the men wore dark colors. Is that a reflection of their mood, or is it what most people wear? I saw it again in the pictures of people in the theme park and streets. The oddest observation was the people wearing suits and dress shoes at a theme park. Now, how much more staged can you get? I ask; who is the government trying to fool? Overall, the pictures do not inspire me to jump on a plane and go visit North Korea.

[Anonymous]

great link. I'm curious how strong the workers parties are in the other Asian countries and if these parties also celebrate May Day. I'm also curious about how early kids within these cultures are exposed to worker ideologies. I saw a painting recently from Maoist China that depicted kids in settings like farming, industry and flight that was meant to make them aware of their later roles in life in a communist society.

[Rob_Hugo@PortNW]

I found this link on Huffington Post--I thought they were rather interesting. I enjoyed the last photo in which a family is enjoying fried chicken and hot dogs.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/15/north-korean-workers-part_n_764837.html

[Anonymous]

Thanks for posting this link. The pictures seem to portray happy, contented people. But we have to remember that any picture or report from North Korea is exactly what the government want shown. They try so hard to portray the North as a utopian society. Can you imagine what the world view of the USA would be if the government could monitor every report and photo that the rest of the world sees and prevent the outside world from seeing anything that might be viewed as negative?

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