Panoramic view of the Arirang mass games with North Korean performers in may day stadium, Pyongan Province, Pyongyang, North Korea

Ulim waterfalls, Kangwon Province, Wonsan, North Korea

North Korean skinny boy raising hand in a school, South Hamgyong Province, Hamhung, North Korea

Portrait of a North Korean woman in traditional choson-ot in front of large stairs, Pyongan Province, Pyongyang, North Korea

Portrait of a North Korean solider with fur at mount Paektu, Ryanggang Province, Samjiyon, North Korea

North Korean officer in the joint security area of the Demilitarized Zone, North Hwanghae Province, Panmunjom, North Korea

North Korean people walking in front of propaganda billboards, Pyongan Province, Pyongyang, North Korea

North Korean children performing during the Arirang mass games in may day stadium, Pyongan Province, Pyongyang, North Korea

Korean international sports travel company governemental travel agency office, Pyongan Province, Pyongyang, North Korea

Rungrado first of may stadium at night, Pyongan Province, Pyongyang, North Korea

North Korean people doing collective works in the street, Pyongan Province, Pyongyang, North Korea

North Korean boys roller skating on a square, Pyongan Province, Pyongyang, North Korea

North Korean people coming out from a subway station with the slogan saying long live general Kim Jong-il the 21st century sun, Pyongan Province, Pyongyang, North Korea

North Korean male traffic security officer in blue uniform under the rain, North Hwanghae Province, Kaesong, North Korea

North Korean young woman in the subway in front of a propaganda mosaic, Pyongan Province, Pyongyang, North Korea

North Korean woman testing a professional camera, Pyongan Province, Pyongyang, North Korea

Highway from kumgang to south Korea, Kangwon-do, Kumgang, North Korea

Young North Korean women during a mass games rehearsal in Kim il Sung square, Pyongan Province, Pyongyang, North Korea

Two presidents portraits reflection in a mirror in Samjiyon children's palace, Ryanggang Province, Samjiyon, North Korea

North Korean children in the old quarter, North Hwanghae Province, Kaesong, North Korea

North Korean children roller skating in town, Pyongan Province, Pyongyang, North Korea

North Korean young adults during a mass dance performance in front of buildings on military foundation day, Pyongan Province, Pyongyang, North Korea

North Korean workers with a red flag at the back of a truck, North Hamgyong Province, Chilbo Sea, North Korea

North Korean teenage boy roller skating in front of monument to the victorious fatherland liberation war museum, Pyongan Province, Pyongyang, North Korea

Young North Korean woman inside a subway train, Pyongan Province, Pyongyang, North Korea

North Korean students during a mass dance performance on september 9 day of the foundation of the republic, Pyongan Province, Pyongyang, North Korea

North Korean waitress singing in restaurant under halo light, Pyongan Province, Pyongyang, North Korea

North Korean soldiers standing in front of the United Nations conference rooms on the demarcation line in the Demilitarized Zone, North Hwanghae Province, Panmunjom, North Korea

North Korean military officer in the section wall of the Demilitarized Zone, North Hwanghae Province, Panmunjom, North Korea

Low angle view of Dongmyong hotel, Kangwon Province, Wonsan, North Korea

North Korean father carrying his one year old son in traditional clothing on his shoulders, Pyongan Province, Pyongyang, North Korea

Construction of a new restaurant, Pyongan Province, Pyongyang, North Korea

Portrait of a North Korean girl with plaits, Pyongan Province, Pyongyang, North Korea

North Korean pioneer boy waving hand, Pyongan Province, Pyongyang, North Korea

North Korean people looking through barbed wire on the coastline in the fog, Kangwon Province, Wonsan, North Korea

Gas station road sign, Pyongan Province, Pyongyang, North Korea

North Korean woman carrying her children on her back, Kangwon Province, Wonsan, North Korea

North Korean young adults during a mass dance performance in front of buildings on military foundation day, Pyongan Province, Pyongyang, North Korea

North Korean farmers working in a field, North Pyongan Province, Myohyang-san, North Korea

Rusty North Korean boat on the jetty, Kangwon Province, Wonsan, North Korea

North Korean man working on telephone line pole, North Hamgyong Province, Chilbo Sea, North Korea

Panoramic view of the Arirang mass games with North Korean performers in may day stadium, Pyongan Province, Pyongyang, North Korea

North Korean propaganda billboard depicting a Kimilsungia flower on mount Paektu, North Hamgyong Province, Jung Pyong Ri, North Korea

North Korean boy playing guitar in Tchang Gwang school, North Hamgyong Province, Chongjin, North Korea

Newborn babies in a maternity, Pyongan Province, Pyongyang, North Korea

North Korean propaganda billboard with a book a hammer and a gun, Pyongan Province, Pyongyang, North Korea

Portrait of a North Korean young woman in the street, Pyongan Province, Pyongyang, North Korea

North Korean women in choson-ot, Pyongan Province, Pyongyang, North Korea

North Korean men fishing in front of a ship in the port, Kangwon Province, Wonsan, North Korea

Propaganda billboard in the street with the Chollima and a worker, Pyongan Province, Pyongyang, North Korea

North Korean men fishing in front of a ship in the port, Kangwon Province, Wonsan, North Korea

North Korean propaganda billboard in the street, Pyongan Province, Pyongyang, North Korea

Ryugyong hotel and party's worker monument in the victorious fatherland liberation war museum, Pyongan Province, Pyongyang, North Korea

North Korean female traffic security officer in white uniform in the street, Pyongan Province, Pyongyang, North Korea

North Korean women dancing in front of Kim il Sung statue in a village, South Pyongan Province, Nampo, North Korea

Electronic board of the metro lines, Pyongan Province, Pyongyang, North Korea

North Korean officer in the joint security area of the Demilitarized Zone, North Hwanghae Province, Panmunjom, North Korea

Smiling North Korean female soldiers, Pyongan Province, Pyongyang, North Korea

Monument to the foundation of the workers' Party, Pyongan Province, Pyongyang, North Korea

Looking through a window toward the city, Pyongan Province, Pyongyang, North Korea