It's not often that we get to see what life is really like in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
Usually, what we end up hearing about are the horrific tales of the country's hidden prison camps or the exploits of famous basketball stars visiting the country.
Will Scott is a computer science graduate student at the University of Washington and ex-Googler who spent last fall in North Korea teaching courses on Operating Systems and Databases at the Pyongyang University of Science and Technology.
Will documented much of his time spent in the DPRK via Instagram. Together with the descriptions of his adventure from his recent Reddit post, they give us a clearer picture of what life is like in North Korea.
Will with the class of seniors to whom he taught a course on Operating Systems. These will be the first CS students to graduate from the Pyongyang University of Science and Technology.
Will also taught a class of juniors about Databases. The computer science program he taught under isn't open to female students.
According to Scott, residents of Pyongyang spend a huge amount of time keeping the streets and sidewalks in front of their homes and offices clean.
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