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Robert Harding

North Korea

Pyongyang is the capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). The Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) forms the boundary between North Korea and South Korea. The legitimacy of this border is not accepted by either side, as both states claim to be the legitimate government of the entire country. It leader Kim Jong Un was elected First Secretary of the Workers Party of Korea on 11th April 2012. North Korea is one of the most literate countries in the world with 99% literacy rate. It also has the 4th largest army in the world!
Pyongyang Indoor Stadium performance, Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), North Korea, Asia - 794-3506
Mangyongdae Schoolchildren's Palace, Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), North Korea, Asia - 794-3567
The Reunification Monument, Pyongyang, North Korea, Asia - 832-115144
Young boys practising calligraphy in the Schoolchildrens palace, Pyongyang, North Korea, Asia - 816-2464
Dancers at the Airand festival, Mass games in Pyongyang, North Korea, Asia - 816-2374
Young girls singing in the Schoolchildrens palace, Pyongyang, North Korea, Asia - 816-2465
Friendly north Korean soldier, Pammunjon, North Korea, Asia - 816-2445
Dancers at the Airand festival, Mass games in Pyongyang, North Korea, Asia - 816-2383
Young communist party girl at the Schoolchildrens palace, Pyongyang, North Korea, Asia - 816-2466
Dancers at the Airand festival, Mass games in Pyongyang, North Korea, Asia - 816-2381
Dancers at the Airand festival, Mass games in Pyongyang, North Korea, Asia - 816-2380
Friendly woman soldier, Pyongyang, North Korea, Asia - 816-2460
Wall mural of Kim Il Sung, Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum, Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), North Korea, Asia - 794-3543
Monument to the Three Charters of National Reunification, Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), North Korea, Asia - 794-3452
Street celebrations in front of the statues of the Great Leaders on the 100th anniversary of the birth of President Kim Il Sung, April 15th 2012, Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), North Korea, Asia - 794-3428
Pueblo, the American Spy Ship captured by the North Koreans in the 1960s, Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), North Korea, Asia - 794-3477
Interior of the Koryo Hotel, Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), North Korea, Asia - 794-3573
Propaganda poster detail, Wonsan City, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), North Korea, Asia - 794-3516
Propaganda poster, Wonsan City, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), North Korea, Asia - 794-3515
Pyongyang Indoor Stadium performance, Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), North Korea, Asia - 794-3510
Wedding couple in the city park, Hamhung, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), North Korea, Asia - 794-3520
Paintings of the politicians Kim Jong-il and Kim Il-sung, Myohyang-san mountain, North Korea, Asia - 832-115181
Communist mural, Pyongyang, North Korea, Asia - 832-115087
Dancers and acrobats at the Arirang Festival, the North Korean Grand Mass Gymnastics and Artistic Performance, Pyongyang, North Korea, Asia - 832-115121
Dancers and acrobats at the Arirang Festival, the North Korean Grand Mass Gymnastics and Artistic Performance, Pyongyang, North Korea, Asia - 832-115124
Portrait of Kim Il Sung, Pyongyang, North Korea, Asia - 832-115158
Dancers and acrobats at the Arirang Festival, the North Korean Grand Mass Gymnastics and Artistic Performance, Pyongyang, North Korea, Asia - 832-115117
Leader Kim Jong II, Pyongyang, North Korea - 817-334084
Modern house, Pyongyang, North Korea - 817-334079
Embroidery Exhibition school, Pyongyang, North Korea - 817-334065
Poster, Kaesong, North Korea - 817-334061
Military parade during street celebrations on the 100th anniversary of the birth of President Kim Il Sung, April 15th 2012, Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), North Korea, Asia - 794-3431
Pyongyang Indoor Stadium performance, Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), North Korea, Asia - 794-3508
Monument to the Three Charters of National Reunification, Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), North Korea, Asia - 794-3450
Monument to the Three Charters of National Reunification, Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), North Korea, Asia - 794-3451
Countryside between Pyongyang and Kaesong, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), North Korea, Asia - 794-3447
Portrait of the Great Leaders, Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il, Kumgang Mountains, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), North Korea, Asia - 794-3532
Mansudae Grand Monument, statues of former Presidents Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il, Mansudae Assembly Hall on Mansu Hill, Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), North Korea, Asia - 794-3466
Punhung station, one of the many 100 metre deep subway stations on the Pyongyang subway network, Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), North Korea, Asia - 794-3494
Punhung station, one of the many 100 metre deep subway stations on the Pyongyang subway network, Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), North Korea, Asia - 794-3498
Roller skating, Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), North Korea, Asia - 794-3474
Mansudae Grand Monument depicting the Anti Japanese Revolutionary Struggle and Socialist Revolution and Construction, Mansudae Assembly Hall on Mansu Hill, Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), North Korea, Asia - 794-3461
Painting of the Great Leaders, Kim Jong Il and Kim Il Sung, Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), North Korea, Asia - 794-3401
Revolutionary Martyrs' Cemetery, Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), North Korea, Asia - 794-3413
Celebrations on the 100th anniversary of the birth of President Kim Il Sung on April 15th 2012, in Pyongshong, a satellite city outside Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), North Korea, Asia - 794-3408
Third Tunnel, dug by North Koreans to invade South Korea, near Panmunjom, Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), South Korea, Asia - 807-649
City skyline and pollution from coal fired power plants, Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), North Korea, Asia - 794-3502
Pyongyang and the River Taedong, Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), North Korea, Asia - 794-3490
Reunification Monument. Pyongyang, North Korea, Asia - 816-2461
Dancers and acrobats at the Airand festival, Mass games in Pyongyang, North Korea, Asia - 816-2375
Mansudae Grand Monument depicting the Anti Japanese Revolutionary Struggle and Socialist Revolution and Construction, Mansudae Assembly Hall on Mansu Hill, Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), North Korea, Asia - 794-3467
Bronze statue, 30m high, of Great Leader, Mansudae Hill Grand Monument, Pyongyang, North Korea, Asia - 29-4293
Commune group brought to bow to Great Leader on Grand Monument, Pyongyang, North Korea, Asia - 29-4290
Elevated view over Kim Il Sung Square, Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), North Korea, Asia - 794-3558
Ryugyong Hotel pyramid (unfinished), Pyongyang, North Korea, Asia - 29-4269
City streets, Hamhung, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), North Korea, Asia - 794-3524
Street celebrations on the 100th anniversary of the birth of President Kim Il Sung, April 15th 2012, Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), North Korea, Asia - 794-3422
Children practising mass games outside the Grand Theatre, Hamhung, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), North Korea, Asia - 794-3526
Mansudae Grand Monument, statues of former Presidents Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il, Mansudae Assembly Hall on Mansu Hill, Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), North Korea, Asia - 794-3463
Stamp poster, Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), North Korea, Asia - 794-3570
Statue of Kim Il Sung, Grand People's Study House, Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), North Korea, Asia - 794-3553
Monument to the Foundation of the Workers Party of Korea, Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), North Korea, Asia - 794-3485
Kim Il Sung Square, Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), North Korea, Asia - 794-3551
Wall mural of Kim Il Sung, Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum, Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), North Korea, Asia - 794-3545
Pyongyang skyline and the Ryugyong Hotel, Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), North Korea, Asia - 794-3500
Propaganda poster, Wonsan City, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), North Korea, Asia - 794-3514
Military parade during street celebrations on the 100th anniversary of the birth of President Kim Il Sung, April 15th 2012, Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), North Korea, Asia - 794-3423
Indoor Sports Stadium, Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), North Korea, Asia - 794-3472
Propaganda posters of North Korean socialist realist graphic art, Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), North Korea, Asia - 794-3386
Third Tunnel, dug by North Koreans to invade South Korea, near Panmunjom, Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), South Korea, Asia - 807-648
Dancers and acrobats at the Airand festival, Mass games in Pyongyang, North Korea, Asia - 816-2376
Aerial view of city skyline with blocks of flats rebuilt since 1950s war, Pyongyang, North Korea, Asia - 29-4270
Dancers and acrobats at the Arirang festival, Mass games in Pyongyang, North Korea, Asia - 816-2384