20 Photos North Korea’s Kim Does Not Want You To See

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20 Photos North Korea’s Kim Does Not Want You To See

Photographer Eric Lafforgue captured the other side of North Korea – the shocking extent of the deprivation suffered by the natives – and paid the price. North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un was strongly opposed to anyone seeing these photos, so he asked Eric to delete the ‘offensive’ images that revealed the reality of the country – the brutal life people were forced to live, the isolated towns, and widespread poverty and malnutrition. When he refused and published the photos that showed the human side of North Koreans, and the autocratic nature of the communist state, he was banned for life from the country. Take a look at some of the most ‘offensive’ photos:

20 Photos North Korea’s Kim Does Not Want You To See

A woman standing in the middle of a crowd of soldiers. This picture is not supposed to be taken as officials do not allow army pictures.

20 Photos North Korea’s Kim Does Not Want You To See

The North Korean officials hate when you take this kind of picture. Even when I explain that poverty exists all around the world, in my own country as well, they forbid me from taking pictures of the poor.

20 Photos North Korea’s Kim Does Not Want You To See

When times are hard (as they usually are here), kids can be found working for the farming collectives.

20 Photos North Korea’s Kim Does Not Want You To See

For a long time, bans against black market sales have been strictly enforced. Grey market vendors are more common. They earn a little money selling cigarettes or sweets.

20 Photos North Korea’s Kim Does Not Want You To See

Showing poverty is forbidden, but displaying wealth is also a big taboo in North Korea. In a park on a Sunday afternoon, I found this car that belongs to one of Pyongyang’s elite. The owners were having a BBQ.

20 Photos North Korea’s Kim Does Not Want You To See

It is forbidden to take pictures of soldiers relaxing.

20 Photos North Korea’s Kim Does Not Want You To See

It’s not a circus, they are workers in a country with low safety standards.

20 Photos North Korea’s Kim Does Not Want You To See

Paranoia is strong in North Korean minds. I took this picture at a funfair of a tired mother and child resting on a bench. I was asked to delete the picture since the guides were certain I would have said those people were homeless.

20 Photos North Korea’s Kim Does Not Want You To See

This is never supposed to happen: a broom standing on the base of Kim Il Sung’s statue in Mansudae, in Pyongyang.

20 Photos North Korea’s Kim Does Not Want You To See

When you visit families, the guides love it if you take pics to show the world that kids have computers. But when they see there is no electricity, then they ask you to delete.

20 Photos North Korea’s Kim Does Not Want You To See

In the art centre of Pyongyang, we experienced a power outage, a daily event the North Koreans hate to show. When it happens, they tell you it’s because of the American embargo.

20 Photos North Korea’s Kim Does Not Want You To See

The North Korean army is said to be one of the most important in the world. But if you travel there, you’ll often see soldiers doing menial tasks like helping farmers.

20 Photos North Korea’s Kim Does Not Want You To See

Outside urban areas, such a scene is fairly common.

20 Photos North Korea’s Kim Does Not Want You To See

Pyongyang’s subway system is the deepest in the world as it doubles as a bomb shelter. Someone saw me taking this picture and told me to delete it since it included the tunnel.

20 Photos North Korea’s Kim Does Not Want You To See

A visit to a rural home. Those houses and the families who live there are carefully selected by the government. But sometimes, a detail like a bathroom used as a cistern shows that times are hard.

20 Photos North Korea’s Kim Does Not Want You To See

Public transportation connecting the main towns is nearly non-existent. Citizens need permits to go from one place to another. On the highways, you can spot soldiers hitchhiking.

20 Photos North Korea’s Kim Does Not Want You To See

It is also forbidden to photograph malnutrition.

20 Photos North Korea’s Kim Does Not Want You To See

When visiting the delphinium in Pyongyang, you can photograph the animals, but not the soldiers who make up 99 per cent of the crowd.

20 Photos North Korea’s Kim Does Not Want You To See

In a Christian church, this official was dozing off on a bench. You must never show the officials in a bad light.

20 Photos North Korea’s Kim Does Not Want You To See

This soldier was sleeping in a field. This picture really contributed to me getting banned from the country.

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  1. What an incredibly misleading title. These are the pictures he would want us to see. The propaganda level on this one is stupefying. So is the publisher of this article.

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    1. Let me guess you are one of Kim's cronies that's employed to defend N. Korea on the internet? If Kim wanted the world to see these pictures he wouldn't have banned Eric for life.

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  2. All lies ....This fat ass leader has his people starving and forced to join the service .they don't have a normal life , like to travel or anything , but their leader does.

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