6 Surprising Things You Didn't Know About North Korea - 2
Published 3 Jan 2018, 16:26 GMT
Members of North Korea's military pack a stadium in Pyongyang in 2012 during celebrations honoring North Korea's first leader, Kim Il Sung.
Photograph by David Guttenflder, National Geographic CreativeNewly built health club and body building center in Pyongyang.
Photograph by David Guttenflder, National Geographic Creative, ApNorth Korean soldiers and civilians stand on a foot bridge to look at goldfish in a moat as they tour the grounds of Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, the mausoleum where the bodies of the late leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il lie embalmed, in Pyongyang on Thursday, April 25, 2013. North Korea on Thursday marked the 81st anniversary of the founding of its military, which began as an anti-Japanese militia and now has an estimated 1.2-million troops.
Photograph by David Guttenfelder, ApA military guide leads a tour to the mystical Mount Paektu.
Photograph by David Guttenfelder, National Geographic Creative, ApNorth Koreans flip pages of a colored book to create a mass mosaic during a performance of the Arirang Mass Games at a stadium in Pyongyang in 2008.
Photograph by David Guttenflder, National Geographic Creative, ApNorth Korean soldiers march in front of flower waving civilians during a mass military parade in Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Square to celebrate 100 years since the birth of the late North Korean founder Kim Il Sung on Sunday, April 15, 2012. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivered his first public televised speech Sunday, just two days after a failed rocket launch, portraying himself as a strong military chief unafraid of foreign powers during festivities meant to glorify his grandfather.
Photograph by David Guttenflder, ApNorth Korean soldiers gather at a cemetery for military veterans near Pyongyang as they observe Chuseok, Korea's traditional Thanksgiving holiday.
Photograph by David Guttenflder, National Geographic Creative, ApA North Korean choir sings during a concert in Pyongyang.
Photograph by David Guttenflder, National Geographic Creative, ApNorth Korean soldiers, foreground, and North Korean traffic police, background, tour the birthplace of Kim Il Sung.
Photograph by David Guttenflder, National Geographic Creative, ApNorth Korean soldiers pose for a photograph in front of bronze statues of the late leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il at the Mansu Hill area of Pyongyang, North Korea on Sunday Sept. 9, 2012 to celebrate the country's National Day.
Photograph by David Guttenfelder, ApNorth Korean veterans of the Korean War enter a cemetery for Korean War veterans during an opening ceremony marking the 60th anniversary of the signing of the armistice that ended hostilities on the Korean peninsula.
Photograph by David Guttenflder, National Geographic Creative, ApNew North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, waves at Kumsusan Memorial Palace in Pyongyang after reviewing a parade.
Photograph by David Guttenflder, National Geographic Creative, Ap