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An Open Mind in a Closed Country: Images of North Korea

by Debbie Pappyn and David De Vleeschauwer

The Workers Party Foundation Monument. All photos by David De Vleeschauwer

Our friends at Classe Touriste (one of Fathom's Best Travel Blogs of 2014) went to North Korea and captured the country they encountered.

PYONGYANG, North Korea – Monuments to the Great Leader, immaculately dressed traffic cops, locals enjoying a Liberation Day picnic. It's all in a day's life in the secret Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

Tower of Juche
Photo by David De Vleeschauwer.
Pyongyang Skyline
Photo by David De Vleeschauwer.
Kim Il-Sung and Kim Jong-Il at Mansudae Grand Monument
Photo by David De Vleeschauwer.
Tower of Juche and Kim Il-Sung Mural
Photo by David De Vleeschauwer.
North Korean Architecture and Dining
Photo by David De Vleeschauwer.
Liberation Day Picnic
Photo by David De Vleeschauwer.
Pyongyang Buildings
Photo by David De Vleeschauwer.
Empty Streets
Photo by David De Vleeschauwer.
Military at Mansudae Grand Monument
Photo by David De Vleeschauwer.
The DPRK Military
Photo by David De Vleeschauwer.
Classrooms
Photo by David De Vleeschauwer.
Lunch
Photo by David De Vleeschauwer.
At the DMZ
Photo by David De Vleeschauwer.
Propaganda Mural
Photo by David De Vleeschauwer.
Workers Party Foundation Monument
Photo by David De Vleeschauwer.
David at Kim Il-Sung Square
Photo by David De Vleeschauwer.

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