[KS] Striking photographs of the DPRK from AP's David Guttenfelder, in The Atlantic

[Charles K. Armstrong]

With all due respect to Aidan, I agree with Michael that there wasn't  
anything particularly unprecedented or striking about the subject  
matter of the photos, although they were done well. There is a  
widespread notion that North Korea remains  forbidden or inaccessible  
to foreigners, and while there are certainly large parts of North  
Korea that are off-limits, pretty much any paying customer from North  
America or Europe can sign up on a tour and see the sights that the AP  
reporters visited.
-- 
Charles K. Armstrong
Professor of History
Director, Center for Korean Research
Columbia University
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Quoting "Robinson, Michael E." <robime at indiana.edu>:

> These are very nice, but not new scenes.  Very standard by my eye,   
> but nice to have a professional do them.
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> Mike Robinson
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> Subject: [KS] Striking photographs of the DPRK from AP's David   
> Guttenfelder, in The Atlantic
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> http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/08/inside-north-korea/100119/
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> Inside North Korea
> AUG 2, 2011 |   
> 148<http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/08/inside-north-korea/100119/#disqus_thread>
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> Earlier this year, David Guttenfelder, chief Asia photographer for   
> the Associated Press, along with Jean H. Lee, AP bureau chief in   
> Seoul, were granted unprecedented access to parts of North Korea as   
> part of the AP's efforts to expand coverage of the isolated   
> communist nation. The pair made visits to familiar sites accompanied  
>  by government minders, and were also allowed to travel into the   
> countryside accompanied by North Korean journalists instead of   
> government officials. Though much of what the AP journalists saw was  
>  certainly orchestrated, their access was still remarkable.  
> Collected  here are some of Guttenfelder's images from the trip that  
> provide a  glimpse of North Korea. [37   
> photos<http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/08/inside-north-korea/100119/>]
>