NORTH KOREA: The People’s Paradise, by Tariq ZaidiA woman pokes her head out from a hidden room at the Kumgangsan Hotel — a place known for hosting reunions between families from North and South Korea — disrupting the sweeping autumnal landscape painted on the wall.
The image, reproduced by Tariq Zaidi in NORTH KOREA: The People’s Paradise (Kehrer Verlag, 176 pp., $50), offers a metaphor for a country shrouded in secrecy.
North Korea’s daily existence has been largely shielded from Western eyes; the state has halted nearly all tourism since it closed its borders early in the Covid-19 pandemic.
Those who are granted entry are subject to extreme surveillance.
Persons:
Tariq Zaidi
Organizations:
NORTH
Locations:
NORTH KOREA, North, South Korea