20 Photos from deep inside North Korea that Kim Jong-un doesn't want you to see

Eric Lafforgue, we can have a visual idea of what North Korea is like without worrying about censorship, or whether or not the images have been tailored to show North Korea in a sympathetic light. Of course, the government got wind of Eric's photo posting, and ordered him to take them offline, but he's defying North Korea to show you these interesting images of life under Kim Jong-un's rule.

1. You're allowed to take photos of families, but they ask you to delete the images if the computers don't have any electricity

2. A supermarket in the city centre of capital Pyongyang, reserved only for the elites in North Korea

3. One of the exclusive restaurants in Pyongyang, where the food can be pretty tasty. Reserved for the elites, of course

4. The sometimes desperate conditions of the workers in North Korea

5. North Korea won't let you take pictures of poor children

6. A soldier taking a rest on the grass

7. A bathtub being used as a cistern

8. These kids from rural North Korea have never seen an escalator before (and they're a little scared)

9. A politician taking a nap - a photo the North Koreans would ask you to delete

10. A woman taking a tire on a fishing trip

11. Although you can take pictures of animals, you aren't allowed to take photos of the soldiers there

12. You can't be seen having fun in a photo with a picture of the Supreme Leaders in them

13. Curiously, you're not allowed to take photos of unfinished paintings either

14. Pictures of malnourished people are also a massive no-no

15. Here, children can be seen playing in the street

16. A woman helps this man straighten his shirt as they prepare for a photo

17. Soldiers helping out with the farm work

18. A man collecting grass

19. A lone woman in a sea of North Korean soldiers

20. Pictures of the soldiers relaxing are also illegal

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