I have mixed feelings about the site. I for one feel guilt when reaping a small amount of enjoyment feeding my curiosity about the North Korean people and culture. I feel Western tourists are playing to the regime's interests, even if only in a small way, which furthers the enslavement of the people. It's fascinating to view, but I feel something similar to the bit of guilt about the conditions of captive animals when visiting a zoo.

That said, design-wise, I initially was a little apprehensive about the caption location but ultimately applaud the designer for trying something unconventional. Rather than the caption location, my gripe is that unless you size your window to the photo's original aspect ratio (the photos appear to be 2000x1333), you're going to be cropping off some of the content. I knew something was awry when I got to photo 12 ("Skyline with Pyramid") and could not see the pyramid because my browser window was too narrow.

Despite my mixed feelings about the content, and my misgivings about Westerns visiting North Korea in general, I don't have the willpower to not view the photos, and they are quite remarkable. Thanks for sharing!

I think it is an attempt at a different arrangement. Instead of text framed around the images thus making the images the size of quarter the screen, it is the opposite. You get the pictures on all available area, and the text box is partially transparent. I like it.