DPRK

A smiling welcome to Pyongyang from the Great Leader.

An Air Koryo Soviet aircraft. I can't deny being struck by a sudden fear of flying.

Homely armchairs in the departure lounge at Pyongyang airport.

The first of many photos of North Korean girls in uniform. This lady made a good case for communism. Photographed at 06:45am at Kim Jong Il's 'birthplace'

A local guide explaining how North Korea defeated the USA in the Korean War.

Being escorted around yet more statues of the Great Leader.

A crane still stands at the top of the pyramid tower. Rumour has it that the hotel could never open because the lift shafts are not straight.

The Yanggakdo Hotel tower can be seen on the island in the middle of River Taedong, Pyongyang.

View of Pyongyang.

Kim-Il-Sung Square, Pyongyang - venue of military parades.

Top Shop.

Long live the revolution.

An alternative to billboard advertising.

Office workers are champions of socialist labour too.

This is a subtle message about international relations.

Inside a metro carriage.

Entrance to the underground metro.

Escalator to the metro station.

Not Edgware Road...

More girls in uniform: metro attendants.

Kim Il Sung mausoleum

Soldiers wait to pay respect to the Great Leader.

Yet more girls in uniform, this time waiting to pay respects to the Great Leader.

Heroes waiting to see the ultimate hero.

Monument to the foundation of the Korean Workers' Party.

The Triumphal Arch - bigger than the one the French built.

Volunteer children sweep the steps.

Errr, three more girls in uniform

The world.

All glory to the Great Leader at the mass games.

Graphics celebrate a land of plenty.

Bayonet display whilst in the background KPA soldiers give a demo of fighting skills.

Mass games cast including sailor girls in uniform.

Military display at the mass games: lots of girls in uniform.

USS Pueblo.

A girl in uniform with a machine gun (US of course)

USS Pueblo under guard

Stand off in the DMZ.

Charge of guard, KPA style.

Just what you'd expect a commie soldier to look like - what better bad guy could you get?

Nice flowers.

The ultimate in flower displays.

Another view of the flower exhibition.

Gardeners make the Great Leader proud.

Cabbage cultivation: photo taken from the train heading north towards Chinese border.

Happy workers photographed at the birthplace of the Great Leader.

The static was in the air...

The wedding party.

Bank holiday in Pyongyang - waiting for the march past.

The Kims stare down at the lecture theatre.

Picture of the Dear Leader providing on the spot guidance to farmers: in the west this would be an advert for crisps.

Revolutionary joy.

The Great Leader and the Dear Leader in the forest.

Your revolution needs you.

Kaesong.

Six lane unification highway.

Service station photographed from the middle of the six lane highway.

Mount Paekdu.

Mural celebrating birth and childhood of the Dear Leader at Mt Paekdu.

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