According to Arch Daily, for North Korea, architecture is propaganda. It adds that the country continues to evolve and become refined for a totalitarian control of its population. You might wonder if they actually buy into the regime. Well, they actually do. Women even cry over the death of their leader, men and women have their own careers, and do other daily activities. This is a carefully constructed regime which has an unparalleled understanding of how urbanism and architecture can influence and control people.

This bridge connects Dandong, China and Sinuiju, North Korea. According to News.com.au, the bridge is a “vital lifeline for Pyongyang” and a “strategic purpose for a more powerful ally”. This is the Sino-Korean (China-North Korea) Friendship Bridge which crosses the Yalu River. It supplies around 90% of North Korea’s trade. However, experts reveal that Beijing’s reason to keep the relationship afloat is that it preferred to have an “embarrassing” Communist neighbor than to be aligned with the West.