What Daily Life In North Korea Looks Like

The Kimjongilia Festival

This photo was captured at the Kimjongilia festival. Thousands of North Koreans head to the capital each year to visit the monuments and pay their respects to Kim Jong Il. When he died in December of 2011, the flower was placed on his corpse during the public memorial. They named a hybrid of a begonia after him.

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.