Photos speak louder - Meet the Children of world's last Communist Empire

  Children, often associated with angels and sometimes regarded as deities in Asia, are visual manifestation of all young and positive elements such as joy, naivety, peace and hope.
Yet, children are among the most vulnerable group to suffer from abuse and deception.
The saddest picture on earth is probably tears on a child's face.
Let's meet North Korea's children:

 

Chidren help their families with agricultural activities.

Schools probably never teach them that child labor is prohibited globally.

 

Soldiers. The uniforms certainly make them look like adults.

 

Kids in Nampho orphanage.

 

Malnutrition is still very prevalent, and income disparity too.

 

 

A life without fear in NK perhaps only exists in dreams.

 

"The happiest children of the world"

 

Food is everything. 

 

School uniforms: white shirt + dark blue skirts / trousers + symbolic red tie.

The red tie as children's uniform exists in almost all Communist countries.

 

 

Children are children after all.

They still enjoy small things and friends surrounding their lives, putting the world aside.

Probably the most horrendous picture on internet.

The top one is from the famine that lasted 10 years from 1995 which resulted in 2.5 million deaths. The bottom one is probably more recent. Not much improved.

 

Children are expected to smile in front of audiences, even if their hearts won't listen.

 

Forbidden: The regime considers showing smiles or casual expressions under portraits of the leadership to be disrespectful.

 

 

2011, in front of Juche tower.

 Nowadays NK children seem to have more fun, thanks to Made in China imports.

 

Same clothes, same faces, same motion, expected to have same minds.

 

 

Arirang mass games.

Cannot imagine what punishment they'll receive if one off them falls down.

 

 

"Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart."

- Anne Frank