What Daily Life In North Korea Looks Like

Putting the Kids to Work

These kids were brought into this field to get some work done. The type of work wasn't specified by the tour guide, and the photographer remembers being confused about what they were doing. Basically, the kids were being used as a source of free labor, which is highly illegal in most countries around the world. The government was not pleased to see this photo and demanded that it be deleted since it looked bad. 

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The More You Know

  • Jellyfish can sting even when they're dead.
  • The world's most densely populated island is the size of two soccer fields.
  • Commercial flights were allowed to fly any course to their destination and would often detour over points of interest. This ended in 1956 when two planes crashed mid-flight over the Grand Canyon.
  • The first breakfast cereal had to be soaked overnight before it could be eaten.
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