360 video shot over North Korea shows a sprawling, empty metropolis

Get the Full StorySingaporean photographer Aram Pan was recently given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity when North Korean officials allowed him to shoot and release 360 video on a short flight over the capitol city of Pyongyang. The significance of this being the world s first 360-degree overhead video comes from the perpetual media blackout in the Democratic People s Republic of Korea which is heavily enforced under dictator Kim Jong Un. The state restricts photography of all kinds and censors media with an iron fist. Pan credits his approval to shoot and release the footage with his attitude toward the North Koreans, in an interview… This story continues at The Next Web

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