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North Korea - September 2007
Ilyushin IL76 at Pyongyang
Pyongyang airport
The Arch of Triumph
The Great Leader
The Juche Tower
Dancers at the base of the Juche tower
Dancers make their way home
The hammer, the sickle and the brush - the monument to party foundation
Traffic Girl
Pyongyang at night, lit up for National Day
A maniac risks his life dodging the heavy traffic
The DMZ. The border runs through the middle of those huts. The South Korean guards had gone for lunch apparently.
Kaesong - The old capital
Kaesong
Traditional Korean Hostel
At the tomb of King Kongmin
View from the tomb site
Kaesong at dusk
Monument to reunification
Pyongyang subway
The USS Pueblo - a captured spy ship. They're very proud of this.
Schoolchildren look in wonder at the westerners
Lenin
Marx
The Great Leader's mausoleum
The Revolutionary Martyr's Cemetary
A female Revolutionary Martyr. All busts were true likenesses of their subjects - no mass production.
View from the top of the cemetary
Westerners chancing their miserable capitalist lives on a funfair ride
Pyongyang at night, with a suspicious green glow in the direction of the nuclear plant
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Matthew Haswell
05-Feb-2008 17:14
Very interesting shots. North Korea is arguably the world's most unique travel destination - I would love to have the opportunity to visit someday too. Thanks for sharing. Voted!
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