A girl working at the shooting range. No joy in her eyes

Targets at the shooting range. Note the pheasants on the right side. You can pay 4 Euros per shot to shoot them. If you kill one, you can take it home.

Anti US game at the amusement park.

A North Korean boy throws darts at a US soldier.

Two new mothers at the Maternity Hospital in Pyongyang. The strange thing about this picture is that the guide OK'd my taking it WITHOUT asking the mothers.

Nurse checks on premature babies at the Maternity Hospital. Like the previous picture, the mothers' opinion of a foreigner snapping a pic was not sought.

Nurse checks on newborns at the Maternity Hospital.

Laboratory at the Maternity Hosptial.

Premature baby in an incubator.

View of a collective farm. Note the poor crop conditions.

Close up of the housing of the collective farm.

Harvesting a crop by hand. Again, note the poor crop conditions.

A back street in Pyongyang. A bit run down, but not too bad.

The food section of a department store in Pyongyang.

The same department store, furniture section.

Liquor section of department store.

Clothing sold at the department store.

Department store.

A tournament hockey match. Players were all girls from 16 to 23. Note the picture of the two Kims and the lack of spectators.

Museum Guide

Myohyangsan, a mountain retreat.

A modern-looking motorcycle, the only one like it I saw. Will they ever have Hell's Angels, Pyongyan Chapter?

This is the car in which I rode. It was made in South Korea and was very nice.

Traffic girl, Pyongyang. These girls direct traffic with robot-like precision. My guide told me they are the first to get married as they are all young and beautiful and seen by many men.

Lobby of the Yanggakdo Hotel, Pyongyang. This is where I stayed in Pyongyang on the second trip.

Golf course next to the Yanggakdo Hotel, Pyongyang