What Daily Life In North Korea Looks Like

This Isn't a Gardener

No, this isn't a photo of a gardener tending to a park. This is a photo of an impoverished person collecting grass for sustenance. Apparently, it's extremely common to see people picking grass for later consumption. The guides get furious if they catch a tourist looking at or photographing these people.

Prison Camp

The fact that countries have camera's in space is probably North Korea's worst nightmare. The many prison camps that Kim Jong Un has claimed were fake were found out to be very real. This is the Jongori prison camp in North Korea where citizens who committed minor infractions would be put to work, usually until they died.

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.