Few nations spark people’s curiosity as much as North Korea. The East Asian country, ruled by the third-generation totalitarian leader Kim Jong-un since 2011, is notoriously private, and little is known about its residents’ lifestyles.
The nation closed its borders in 2020. Before that, the few tourists who managed to visit it couldn’t use their phones to photograph whatever they pleased. Photos could only capture tourist sights, as anything beyond that could potentially expose people to legal complications.
However, a Reddit user claims to have captured life in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) after flying a drone across the border it shares with China.
