Picture of the Day: Beach Fun in North Korea
North Korean people play on a beach at the Wonsan-Kalma tourist area on the North’s east coast on July 1, 2025, as the newly built resort area known for its beautiful seaside scenery opens the same day, in this photo released by the North’s official Korean Central News Agency the next day. (Yonhap)
A Google search for “Swimming at beach in N. Korea’s Wonsan-Kalma tourist area” reveals the ultra-fake-posed image not included above — no one is swimming or even near the water…
The people in the photo look to have been arranged and then told to, “Laugh, or you’ll be sent to a work camp!”
This is what I was expecting:
