6 Surprising Things You Didn't Know About North Korea - 1
Published 3 Jan 2018, 16:25 GMT
Photograph by David Guttenfelder, National Geographic
A traffic policeman in Kaesong, North Korea.
Photograph by David Guttenfelder, National GeographicNorth Koreans practise traditional dancing at an event in Pyongyang.
Photograph by David Guttenfelder, National GeographicU.S. passport holder Joe Lim dances with North Koreans during a traditional dance in Pyongyang.
Photograph by David Guttenfelder, National GeographicA soldier and pet dog near a statue calling for reunification of the Korean peninsula.
Photograph by David Guttenfelder, National GeographicA grid painted on the street in Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Square to mark where participants in mass parades should stand or march.
Photograph by David Guttenfelder, National GeographicA 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.
Photograph by David Guttenfelder, National GeographicA monument to the late leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il illuminated in Pyongyang.
Photograph by David Guttenfelder, National GeographicA train station conductor stands before a statue of Kim Il Sung at a Pyongyang subway station.
Photograph by David Guttenfelder, National GeographicNorth Koreans ride a rollercoaster at the fun fair in Pyongyang.
Photograph by David Guttenfelder, National GeographicSouvenirs are sold to tourists at a rest stop halfway between Pyongyang and Kaesong.
Photograph by David Guttenfelder, National GeographicA 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.
Photograph by David Guttenfelder, National GeographicU.S. tourist Amy Kang takes a selfie photo at a propaganda monument in Panmunjom, North Korea near the DMZ.
Photograph by David Guttenfelder, National GeographicTourists at the Demilitarised Zone in Panmunjom, North Korea.
Photograph by David Guttenfelder, National GeographicShoppers in a Pyongyang supermarket.
Photograph by David Guttenfelder, National GeographicDaily commuters in front of an apartment block in Pyongyang.
Photograph by David Guttenfelder, National GeographicA guide looks out across Pyongyang from the top of Juche Tower.
Photograph by David Guttenfelder, National GeographicA North Korean sailor inside the captured USS Pueblo, which is now at the War Museum in Pyongyang.
Photograph by David Guttenfelder, National GeographicA guide and a sailor at the captured USS Pueblo in Pyongyang.
Photograph by David Guttenfelder, National GeographicA rural road in the countryside near Kaesong, North Korea.
Photograph by David Guttenfelder, National GeographicA microphone for karaoke hangs on the wall in a restaurant in Pyongyang.
Photograph by David Guttenfelder, National GeographicCommuters in the subway in Pyongyang.
Photograph by David Guttenfelder, National GeographicCommuters ride the subway in Pyongyang.
Photograph by David Guttenfelder, National GeographicU.S. and French tourists have dinner at a restaurant in Pyongyang.
Photograph by David Guttenfelder, National GeographicTourists at a foreign language bookshop in Pyongyang shop for DVDs of North Korean movies.
Photograph by David Guttenfelder, National GeographicAn American tourist bowls at an alley in Pyongyang.
Photograph by David Guttenfelder, National GeographicNorth Koreans bowling at an alley in Pyongyang.
Photograph by David Guttenfelder, National GeographicA man passing through Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang.
Photograph by David Guttenfelder, National GeographicCommuters play with their child in a Pyongyang subway station after disembarking from a train.
Photograph by David Guttenfelder, National Geographic