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The lost world of old #Pyongyang, #NorthKorea: photos, vignettes, #baseball, true crime, & the human condition. #OPP
Pyongyang, 1931 ± 30 years
Joined January 2021
Imagine Michael Palin and Steve Buscemi in this scene.
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Photos from the Bangkokian Museum, which offers insights into life in #Bangkok between 1937-1957. Earlier this year, I visited the museum with two friends who said the household interior and items reminded them of their childhoods in #NorthKorea.
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A recording of the song "My Lark" (나의 종달아) from the 1964 #DPRK film "A Story about a Fighter." Both the film and song seem to have been purged in later years. https://t.co/BiEA6hIR0A
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An old song from the early days of #NorthKorea: "A Sonata for Violin and Piano" recorded from #vinyl. https://t.co/eoFaWxtDRB
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More from the great Robert Neff: "There has always been something magical about the East Sea. In the 19th century it was the hunting grounds for Western whalers. In Korean legend it was the domain of water ghosts and mermaids." https://t.co/rJU1rlAG7F
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There has always been something magical about the East Sea. In the 19th century it was the hunting grounds for Western whalers. In Korean legend it...
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A delegation from #NorthKorea visits #China in the 1950s. I think this is on Nanjing Road (南京路) in #Shanghai with the silhouette of the Park Hotel in the background.
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I wonder how much the music, film, and architecture of Norodom Sihanouk's #Cambodia influenced #NorthKorea over the years. In any case, #OPP highly recommends watching "Don't Think I've Forgotten: Cambodia's Lost Rock and Roll" (2014)" https://t.co/6xx2iJUNRT
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Kim Tu Bong (김두봉), Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly of #DPRK, meets Hồ Chí Minh of #Vietnam in #Pyongyang less than a year before Kim was purged.
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