Rare Photos of Life in North Korea You Probably Haven’t seen Before

Empty places

The country of North Korea is filled with towns and cities. Unfortunately, not all these towns and cities are populated – at least not all of the time.

In order to trick foreign satellites and spy planes and make empty cities look prosperous and alive, the Hermit Kingdom’s regime will periodically call on the entire population of a town to uproot and move to a different location. These shifts make it seem to observers from above that all is well in the pariah state.