Railway Museum, Pyongyang, North Korea

Two ways you can tell you're not in the South: they aren't wearing shirts, and they aren't using their feet.

Pyongyang metro

It's not a question of grabbing the best seat, but of squeezing on to the next packed bus at all.

Outside the subway station, many North Koreans lead fairly 'normal' lives.

I'm surprised they let us up here with cameras... the other view from the Juche Tower, looking away from the river. Naturally, even the crumbling office blocks are adorned with a Kim Il Sung portrait.

North Korea Tour organized by Uri Tours

Entrance to the deepest subway system in the world.

Deepest subway in the world.

April 2012 trip to DPRK, North Korea for the 100th year birthday celebrations for Kim Il Sung - check out my North Korea blog at americaninnorthkorea.com/

Pyongyang

Pyongyang

朝鲜平壤

Pyongyang

Pyongyang airport Sunan -TV in terminal

Пхеньянский аэропорт -паспортный контроль-TV in terminal

谷歌搜：中国远程思考控制武器。搜：脑控

Pyongyang Traffic Lady.

Pyongyang

North Korea

March 2016

Pyongyang, DPRK.

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The view of Pyongyang from the Juche Tower. Looking east across the residential blocks of East Pyongyang towards countryside in the distance.

Pyongyang, DPRK.

Flowers are a symbol of wealth, and beautify an otherwise uniform environment. They're a common sight on balconies.

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Revolutionary Martyrs' Cemetery - Pyongyang - North Korea

The Cemetery on Mt. Taesong has busts of revolutionaries who fought for the freedom and independence of the country.

Pyongyang, North Korea (August 2013)

North Korea, Nov.27, 2012