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More images from inside North Korea A rare visual tour inside the reclusive and secretive country.
June 16, 2012
A young North Korean woman reads under the bright lights of a newly constructed development project in the Mansu Hill area of Pyongyang, North Korea. As North Korea's new leader Kim Jong Un retires his father’s confidants, he is elevating a younger generation of leaders tasked with carrying out his vision of turning the Cold War capital into a modern, cosmopolitan city.
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North Koreans watch a fireworks display along the Taedong River in Pyongyang to celebrate 100 years since the birth of the late North Korean founder Kim Il Sung.
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April 14, 2012
Commuters walk inside Puhung subway station in Pyongyang.
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Soldiers run into a stadium to join a ceremony attended by North Korea leader Kim Jong Eun in Pyongyang, one day before the centenary of the birth of North Korea’s founder, Kim Il Sung.
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April 14, 2012
Members of the international media interview a female North Korean soldier after a mass meeting of North Korea's ruling party at a stadium in Pyongyang.
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April 14, 2012
North Korean soldiers, left, share seats with civilians during an official ceremony attended by leader Kim Jong Eun at a stadium in Pyongyang.
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April 15, 2012
A North Korean missile carrier was part of a mass parade in the Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, to celebrate 100 years since the birth of the late North Korean founder.
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April 12, 2012
North Korean workers sit on the back of a truck in Pyongyang.
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April 12, 2012
North Korean women, wearing traditional dresses, welcome journalists to a music software company in Pyongyang.
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April 12, 2012
Slaughtered ducks hang on a processing line at the Dudan duck factory, which employs 1,000 workers and produces 7,000 tons of duck products a year in Pyongyang.
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April 12, 2012
North Korean commuters pass by in a streetcar in Pyongyang.
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April 12, 2012
North Koreans play billiards in Pyongyang.
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Construction workers gather on the bank of the Taedong River in Pyongyang.
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North Korea's tallest structure, the Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang.
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The Stalinist structures of central Pyongyang are seen at dusk.
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A statue known as the Monument to the Three Charters for National Reunification, which symbolizes the hope for eventual reunification of the two Koreas, arches over a highway at the edge of Pyongyang.
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Snow blankets Pyongyang along the banks of the Taedong River as the sun rises.
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A North Korean man shovels snow in a parking lot in Pyongyang after overnight snow fell on the North Korean capital.
David Guttenfelder
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A North Korean man walks across a snowy street in central Pyongyang.
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A North Korean man walks along a street in Pyongyang.
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Two North Korean soldiers smoke cigarettes as a pedestrian walks past on a street corner in Pyongyang.
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People work on library computers at Kim Il Sung University in Pyongyang. North Korea is undergoing a digital revolution of sorts, even though it has some of the strictest cyberspace policies in the world.
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A woman looks at monkeys behind a glass enclosure at the central zoo in Pyongyang.
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A North Korean man sings karaoke while his daughter plays piano at a hotel bar in Mount Kumgang, North Korea.
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A girl plays the piano inside the Changgwang Elementary School in Pyongyang.
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A young dancer leaps by while girls put on panda bear costumes as they prepare to perform at a gathering at a park to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the late leader Kim Il Sung's birthday in Pyongyang. April 15 is called "The Day of the Sun" in honor of the former guerrilla fighter who founded North Korea in 1948.
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People take a ride at an amusement park in Pyongyang.
David Guttenfelder
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Students swim and play on a water slide at a pool facility at Kim Il Sung University in Pyongyang.
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A girl takes a photo of her friends who were dancing at an event to mark the birthday of Kim Il Sung at a park in Pyongyang.
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A North Korean woman walks along a street near a large monument dedicated to North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, left, and his father, and late paramount leader, Kim Il Sung, in Pyongyang.
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A North Korean construction worker carries lumber to a building project in Pyongyang.
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Men operate a handcar on tracks along the West Sea barrage near Nampho, North Korea.
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Smoke rises from factories over central Pyongyang.
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North Korean commuters ride in a streetcar in central Pyongyang.
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North Korean children look through a subway car window in Pyongyang.
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A multi-lane highway empty of vehicles near Pyongyang.
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A North Korean farm is seen on the edge of Pyongyang.
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North Korean farmers pass along a road past fields at a collective farm near the town of Sariwon.
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North Korean farmers work in a field along a highway outside the eastern coastal city of Wonsan, North Korea.
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Farmers stand in a field outside the eastern coastal city of Wonsan, North Korea.
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Two North Korean soldiers walk along a road and past a small village near the demilitarized zone that separates the two Koreas outside Kaesong, North Korea.
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A North Korean traffic police officer stands along a street in central Pyongyang.
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People pay their respects at a monument to Kim Il Sung at Mansu Hill in Pyongyang as residents began to celebrate on the eve of the late President Kim Il Sung's birthday.
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A U.S. flag and weapons sit inside a glass display case at the war museum in Pyongyang.
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North Korean soldiers, foreground, and North Korean traffic police, background, tour the birthplace of Kim Il Sung to pay their respects at Mangyongdae.
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A North Korean woman crosses a busy street as a car and streetcar pass by in Pyongyang.
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Passengers walk past North Korean airport workers as they board a flight to Beijing from Pyongyang.
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North Korean pedestrians walk along a street at night in central Pyongyang.
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