I'd always wondered just what Google Earth might be revealing about The Hermit Kingdom. Turns out, it's quite a lot:

A group of amateur spies has used Google Earth to provide a rare glimpse inside North Korea, one of the world's most secretive countries.
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Among the most notable findings is the site of mass graves created in the 1990s following a famine that the UN estimates killed about 2 million people.
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Also visible is the stark contrast between the living conditions of North Korea's elite and the general population.

~ Keep spending all our lives / Livin' in the worker's paradise... ~