What Daily Life In North Korea Looks Like

Fake Medical Tests

In order to show tourists that North Korean healthcare is topnotch. The government had everything planned so that when the tourists were visiting doctors' offices, they were able to sit in on some exams. The reason the photographer knew that this was fake was that the "patients" eye was closed... If she was actually doing an eye exam, she would have it open. 

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