Steam Trains in North Korea 3/5 - Subway/U-Bahn

[Amtrak1194]

Do they really have pictures of Kim Jong Il on every train?

[aliffubuntu]

@Amtrak1194 eeyup

[diesfie]

Could be wrong, seems like former (West) Berlin "Kleinprofil" -cars.

[blackmesalabs]

@ 1:00 Note the police/security keeping the locals out of the car the foreigners are entering. They let one guy in (possibly a minder/escort?). This is really amazing footage. I can't believe how much freedom seems to have been given to the photographer.

[SteamboatWilley]

It seems strange (and perhaps a little creepy) seeing an underground station with no advertising posters anywhere.

[odv000]

@SteamboatWilley

i like it!

i remember the time there was no advertising here in Russia too.

now this s**t is everywhere !



[Knightrider995]

@SteamboatWilley I love metro systems with art instead of ads - how is that creepy? Personally I think too much capitalism is never good: Ads everywhere, middle class can't afford houses without debt, lots of homeless people, no healthcare for poor people, education costs money, top 1 percent gets the most benefit from everything... - I'm glad I live in welfare state instead of capitalist one. (I live in Finland btw)

[SteamboatWilley]

@Knightrider995 Art would be good. I see there's a nice mural on the wall behind the tracks. They need some more of that, especially in the foyer and escalator tunnel, which is just painted stark white. The "dear leader" pictures in the train and the gold statue at 1:28 are a bit unsettling. Makes me think of "Big Brother" from Orwell's 1984. I'm not saying Capitalism is great, but I'd rather live in Europe where we have freedom of expression, than in a totalitarian dictatorship.