Wednesday, May 02, 2007

A peep inside North Korea

I have always been fascinated by what really goes on in this country, and how the North Koreans live their lives. One of the last remaining communist state in the world, it has been included under the axis of evil with several other "rogue" states, as the US would call them.

Under such isolation, how will the people react when the doors are open? Will that ever happen and when? Is it the last paradise or last isolated state on earth? I guess these questions will only be answered if we are allowed to live in the republic and ask questions without supervision, not as tourist.

Yannis Kontos work is remarkable, given the restrictions placed on photographers. It allows me to take a peep into North Korea and gives a human face to the nation we know so little of.

http://digitaljournalist.org/issue0704/kontos.html