North Korean traffic security officer in blue uniform in front of a propaganda billboard, Pyongan Province, Pyongyang, North Korea

North Korean people using escalator leading to the subway station, Pyongan Province, Pyongyang, North Korea

Official portraits of the Dear Leaders in a subway wagon, Pyongan Province, Pyongyang, North Korea

Group of North Korean male traffic security officers in white uniforms in the street, Pyongan Province, Pyongyang, North Korea

North Korean women sit near dried kimchi, Pyongan Province, Pyongyang, North Korea

North Korean men looking over Taedong river, Pyongan Province, Pyongyang, North Korea

Pollution of a coal factory in the town, Pyongan Province, Pyongyang, North Korea

North Korean people enjoying an attraction in Taesongsan funfair, Pyongan Province, Pyongyang, North Korea

North Korean people paddling on small boats on Taedong river, Pyongan Province, Pyongyang, North Korea

North Korean boy with rollers on Kim il Sung square, Pyongan Province, Pyongyang, North Korea

Smiling Kim il Sung on a propaganda fresco saying the great leader comrade Kim il Sung will always be with our people, Pyongan Province, Pyongyang, North Korea

The pyramid-shaped Ryugyong hotel in the fog, Pyongan Province, Pyongyang, North Korea

Two North Korean children in front of Kim il Sung statue in the Grand monument on Mansu hill, Pyongan Province, Pyongyang, North Korea

Father and daughter watching North Korean army parade on Kim il Sung square, Pyongan Province, Pyongyang, North Korea

North Korean army rehearsal parade on Kim il Sung square, Pyongan Province, Pyongyang, North Korea

North Korean woman in pink choson-ot in the middle of soldiers, Pyongan Province, Pyongyang, North Korea

North Korean soldiers women posing for a photo souvenir, Pyongan Province, Pyongyang, North Korea

A North Korean soldier with his wife sitting on a bench in front of the Juche tower, Pyongan Province, Pyongyang, North Korea

High angle view of buildings in the city center, Pyongan Province, Pyongyang, North Korea

North Korean traffic security officer in blue uniform in the street, 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 state artist performing on national day in front of the monument to Party founding, Pyongan Province, Pyongyang, North Korea

North Korean pioneer girl with flowers ready for the parade in front of the Juche tower, Pyongan Province, Pyongyang, North Korea

View across Taedong river from Yanggakdo hotel towards city centre, Pyongan Province, Pyongyang, North Korea

Man monitoring North Korean people in rowing boats on Taedong river, Pyongan Province, Pyongyang, North Korea

North Korean man going to Taesongsan revolutionary martyr's cemetery, Pyongan Province, Pyongyang, North Korea

North Korean man and woman under an umbrella going to the monument to Party founding, Pyongan Province, Pyongyang, North Korea

Statues of North Korean citizens in their anti-japanese revolutionary struggle in Mansudae Grand monument, Pyongan Province, Pyongyang, North Korea

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

North Korean man going to a parade with flowers passing in front of Juche tower, Pyongan Province, Pyongyang, North Korea