Korea, Korea

I saw this earlier, and the contrast really was quite striking.

In comparison pictures, you can see for yourself the difference between the sterile feel of the North Korean scenes, versus the ones in South Korea, where there just seems to be more....well, reality.

A state-run system that tries to control it's people has obviously been tried many times before, but few have doggedly stuck to it like North Korea has. Who knows when, or if, they will ever let go of the reins?

The tensions between the two Koreas, and the two systems that they embody, exist, and are very real. And as imperfect as South Korea, much like the rest of the developed, western world, may be, it again feels far more real than that of North Korea, and the pictures that you can view by clicking on the link below that illustrate this better than anything that I have seen before.




The Stark Difference Between North And South Korea In 10 Stunning Photos, published in The Huffington Post, May 29, 2014:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/29/dieter-leistner-korea-photos_n_5405585.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000063