A 2014 photograph of a rusting medical vehicle driving through the streets of Pyongyang is the most recent in a series of images that shed light on a little reported facet of North Korea’s health system: its emergency response service.
The image shows a boxy, run-down vehicle with no siren, apparently crewed by three people, but sharing few features with any pictures of similar vehicles preceding it.
A 2014 photograph of a rusting medical vehicle driving through the streets of Pyongyang is the most recent in a series of images that shed light on a little reported facet of North Korea’s health system: its emergency response service.
The image shows a boxy, run-down vehicle with no siren, apparently crewed by three people, but sharing few features with any pictures of similar vehicles preceding it.
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