By Ben Hymowitz
About a month ago, I stumbled upon a video titled “Pyongyang Street Food – North Korea.” I was startled.
Is there more to life in North Korea than the world media shows us? In short, yes.
A couple of weeks later I was looking through the channel guide on my TV. I saw a recent docuseries about North Korea. One segment in the show was that the North Korean government agreed to open an Associated Press office in the capital.
The office was led by head photographer David Guttenfelder. Guttenfelder’s job was to reveal to the world that there is more to life in North Korea than the world thinks there is. The world tends to think North Korea is a strict dictatorship where people are oppressed and treated very poorly. Contrary to common perceptions, there were children playing, people smiling, and things that we would consider normal life in almost any country in the 21st century.
When seeing this documentary and further watching the “Street Food” YouTube channel titled “Jaka Parker”, my view on North Korea immediately shifted. There is more to life in North Korea than the world typically sees.
