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The lost world of old #Pyongyang, #NorthKorea: photos, vignettes, #baseball, true crime, & the human condition. #OPP

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Two of my favorite images of old #Pyongyang.

Old_Pyongyang's tweet image. Two of my favorite images of old #Pyongyang.
Old_Pyongyang's tweet image. Two of my favorite images of old #Pyongyang.

A "popular parrot" on parade in #Pyongyang, 1964.

Old_Pyongyang's tweet image. A "popular parrot" on parade in #Pyongyang, 1964.

Some Rebel Alliance X-Wing vibes in this this 1960s rocket toy from #NorthKorea.

Old_Pyongyang's tweet image. Some Rebel Alliance X-Wing vibes in this this 1960s rocket toy from #NorthKorea.
Old_Pyongyang's tweet image. Some Rebel Alliance X-Wing vibes in this this 1960s rocket toy from #NorthKorea.

Toys of 1960s #NorthKorea: elephant, truck, calculator, rocket!

Old_Pyongyang's tweet image. Toys of 1960s #NorthKorea: elephant, truck, calculator, rocket!
Old_Pyongyang's tweet image. Toys of 1960s #NorthKorea: elephant, truck, calculator, rocket!
Old_Pyongyang's tweet image. Toys of 1960s #NorthKorea: elephant, truck, calculator, rocket!
Old_Pyongyang's tweet image. Toys of 1960s #NorthKorea: elephant, truck, calculator, rocket!

Photos from the Bangkokian Museum, which offers insights into life in #Bangkok between 1937-1957. Earlier this year, I visited the museum with two friends who said the household interior and items reminded them of their childhoods in #NorthKorea.

Old_Pyongyang's tweet image. Photos from the Bangkokian Museum, which offers insights into life in #Bangkok between 1937-1957. 

Earlier this year, I visited the museum with two friends who said the household interior and items reminded them of their childhoods in #NorthKorea.
Old_Pyongyang's tweet image. Photos from the Bangkokian Museum, which offers insights into life in #Bangkok between 1937-1957. 

Earlier this year, I visited the museum with two friends who said the household interior and items reminded them of their childhoods in #NorthKorea.
Old_Pyongyang's tweet image. Photos from the Bangkokian Museum, which offers insights into life in #Bangkok between 1937-1957. 

Earlier this year, I visited the museum with two friends who said the household interior and items reminded them of their childhoods in #NorthKorea.

A recording of the song "My Lark" (나의 종달아) from the 1964 #DPRK film "A Story about a Fighter." Both the film and song seem to have been purged in later years. soundcloud.com/yanggakislandd…

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More from the great Robert Neff: "There has always been something magical about the East Sea. In the 19th century it was the hunting grounds for Western whalers. In Korean legend it was the domain of water ghosts and mermaids." koreatimes.co.kr/www/opinion/20…

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Hunting 'crow thief' on Korea's east coast in 1930s - The Korea Times

There has always been something magical about the East Sea. In the 19th century it was the hunting grounds for Western whalers. In Korean legend it...


A delegation from #NorthKorea visits #China in the 1950s. I think this is on Nanjing Road (南京路) in #Shanghai with the silhouette of the Park Hotel in the background.

Old_Pyongyang's tweet image. A delegation from #NorthKorea visits #China in the 1950s. 

I think this is on Nanjing Road (南京路) in #Shanghai with the silhouette of the Park Hotel in the background.

Tanks of #NorthKorea on parade in #Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Square in the late 1950s.

Old_Pyongyang's tweet image. Tanks of #NorthKorea on parade in #Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Square in the late 1950s.

I wonder how much the music, film, and architecture of Norodom Sihanouk's #Cambodia influenced #NorthKorea over the years. In any case, #OPP highly recommends watching "Don't Think I've Forgotten: Cambodia's Lost Rock and Roll" (2014)" youtube.com/watch?v=ESD6RT…


#Pyongyang-style and Kaesong-style rural homes in #NorthKorea, 1957.

Old_Pyongyang's tweet image. #Pyongyang-style and Kaesong-style rural homes in #NorthKorea, 1957.
Old_Pyongyang's tweet image. #Pyongyang-style and Kaesong-style rural homes in #NorthKorea, 1957.

Destruction in downtown #Pyongyang during the #KoreanWar.

Old_Pyongyang's tweet image. Destruction in downtown #Pyongyang during the #KoreanWar.

Shopping for cabinets, #Pyongyang, 1957.

Old_Pyongyang's tweet image. Shopping for cabinets, #Pyongyang, 1957.

Kim Tu Bong (김두봉), Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly of #DPRK, meets Hồ Chí Minh of #Vietnam in #Pyongyang less than a year before Kim was purged.

Old_Pyongyang's tweet image. Kim Tu Bong (김두봉), Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly of #DPRK, meets Hồ Chí Minh of #Vietnam in #Pyongyang less than a year before Kim was purged.

More social commentary from #NorthKorea, 1957.

Old_Pyongyang's tweet image. More social commentary from #NorthKorea, 1957.

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