6 Surprising Things You Didn't Know About North Korea - 1
Published 3 Jan 2018, 16:25 GMT
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A traffic policeman in Kaesong, North Korea.
Photograph by David Guttenfelder, National Geographic
North Koreans practise traditional dancing at an event in Pyongyang.
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U.S. passport holder Joe Lim dances with North Koreans during a traditional dance in Pyongyang.
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A soldier and pet dog near a statue calling for reunification of the Korean peninsula.
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A grid painted on the street in Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Square to mark where participants in mass parades should stand or march.
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A video of a missile launch is projected on a big screen as acrobats fly through the air like missiles themselves during a performance of the circus in Pyongyang.
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A monument to the late leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il illuminated in Pyongyang.
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A train station conductor stands before a statue of Kim Il Sung at a Pyongyang subway station.
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North Koreans ride a rollercoaster at the fun fair in Pyongyang.
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Souvenirs are sold to tourists at a rest stop halfway between Pyongyang and Kaesong.
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A man places a handkerchief over his head to protect himself from the rain as he stands next to a pile of umbrellas left by participants in a traditional dancing event nearby.
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U.S. tourist Amy Kang takes a selfie photo at a propaganda monument in Panmunjom, North Korea near the DMZ.
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Tourists at the Demilitarised Zone in Panmunjom, North Korea.
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Shoppers in a Pyongyang supermarket.
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Daily commuters in front of an apartment block in Pyongyang.
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A guide looks out across Pyongyang from the top of Juche Tower.
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A North Korean sailor inside the captured USS Pueblo, which is now at the War Museum in Pyongyang.
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A guide and a sailor at the captured USS Pueblo in Pyongyang.
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A rural road in the countryside near Kaesong, North Korea.
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A microphone for karaoke hangs on the wall in a restaurant in Pyongyang.
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Commuters in the subway in Pyongyang.
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Commuters ride the subway in Pyongyang.
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U.S. and French tourists have dinner at a restaurant in Pyongyang.
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Tourists at a foreign language bookshop in Pyongyang shop for DVDs of North Korean movies.
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An American tourist bowls at an alley in Pyongyang.
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North Koreans bowling at an alley in Pyongyang.
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A man passing through Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang.
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Commuters play with their child in a Pyongyang subway station after disembarking from a train.
Photograph by David Guttenfelder, National Geographic