These 50 Illegal Photos Of North Korea That Kim Jong-Un Doesn’t Want You To See

Eric Lafforgue is a privileged photographer that has had a chance to see what North Korea really looks like. He has been to North Korea six times since 2008. He is thankful for digital memory cards because he was able to save photos that were forbidden to take or were told to delete by the minders.

He captured the life of North Korea from his lens. Scroll below to have a look at them.

1. Army pictures are not allowed

2. They love photos when there is electricity, if no electricity you must delete

3. Soldiers help local farms

4. They eat grass from the ground

5. Undisciplined kids standing in the middle of the roads

6. No one dresses poorly

7. Kids playing in the middle of the roads

8. Subway system as deep as a bomb shelter

9. You can’t capture paintings if it’s unfinished

10. It’s not allowed to capture malnutrition 

11. If you sleep near dmz, you will be locked up in a old hotel complex

12. It’s prohibited to capture soldiers resting

13. Fisherman uses tyres as boats

14. Children who have never seen an escalator 

15. You can capture animals but not the soldiers

16. Queueing up is a national sport for N.Koreans

17. You can never capture sleeping officials

18. This rural home

19. Sleeping soldier on a field

20. They hate photos of poverty

21. Local camera people film the photographers

22. Workers with less safety

23. You cannot use flash because it scares people

24. Only rich can shop in supermarkets

25. You cannot capture statues from behind as it’s rude

26. Only the rich can afford to dine at restaurants 

27. The Western media can say this sleeping man to be dead

28. Kids working at farms

29. This is forbidden to capture 

30. Power cuts are a daily thing

31. This mother and child are sleeping but not allowed to photograph because you might say they are homeless

32. Black market is common

33. Tired people cycling to work forbidden to photograph

34. Citizens needs permit to travel place to place

35. This photo could be deleted for the way the teen has worn the cap and the soldiers behind

36. Wheelchairs are rare

37. A very rare broom below the statue of Kim Il Sung

38. Thousands of Koreans gathered to visit monuments during the Kimjongilia festival

39. Displaying wealth is also forbidden

40. People are not allowed to be photographed if they are not dressed well

41. You can’t get too close to soldiers

42. These carpets are hung in front of Kim Il Sung statue. Therefore you cannot photograph it together

43. Bbest of the best acrobats are getting the chance to perform live

44. Kids collecting grains

45. Pyongyang maiSaints exterior not interior

46. Cameras will be confiscated in Chongjin to avoid pictures of people there

47. Man bathing in a river

48. They think we misinterpret these public projects to be forced labor

49. They do not allow to talk about the money

50. Trucks loaded with coal