A newly constructed statue of Kim Jong-un lights up one of the deepest metro systems in the world, descending more than a 100 meters.
A foreign photographer takes a family photo in front of the portrait of Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il during the national holiday celebrating the birth of "the Eternal President" Kim Il-sung.
A lady strolling her bike past a mural depicting Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il at the sacred mountain of Paektu in Kaesong, North Hwanghae Province.
The Worker's Party Monument in Pyongyang was built in 1995 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the country's only political party.
A mural in the Chongsan kindergarten, South Pyongyan Province, depicts four North Korean children attacking a wounded American soldier. The soldier, as often is the case in North Korea, is caricatured with a beekish nose.
The children in Chongsan kindergarten are visited by their parents every tenth day. A large part of the working stock consist of farmers working in state-owned agricultural collectives spread around the country. The work in these farming communities is often strenouos and leaves little time for the workers to spend with their children.
A mural showing Kim Il-sung (sitting) and Kim Jong-il surrounded by cheerful and happy children, prides the entrance in Chongsan kindergarten. The painting is well known, and is also to be found in the Children Palace in Pyongyang.
A teacher in Chongsan kindergarten preaches the words of Kim Jong-Il while the children respond with forced enthusiasm in the form of collective shouts.
The walls in the kindergarten are decorated with colourful paintings of tanks, guns and nuclear weapons.
The children, ranging from three to five years of age, perform a song- and dance routine. They spend nearly all their time in the kindergarten, sleeping, eating, playing and learning about the nation’s history.
Several of the classrooms and hallways are filled with colourful posters showing photographs and drawings of Koreans being tortured and mutilated by Japanese and American soldiers during the Korean War.
The whole metro system is adorned with portraits of the great leaders. This painting features the "1st Supreme Leader" of North Korea, Kim Jong-il, who died in 2011. He assumed power in 1994 after the death of his father, Kim Il-sung, who bears the title "Eternal President".
Thousands of North Koreans bow down in front of the statues of the "Great Leaders" to show their respect during the annual celebration of Kim Il-Sung's birthday on the 15th of April, commonly known as the Day of the Sun.
The Anti-Japanese Revolutionary Struggle Monument was build to honour the soldiers that defeated and ended Japanese rule in Korea in 1945, following 35 years under colonial leadership.
A man portrayed as a Buddhist monk outside the Anguksa temple in South Pyongyan Province. Despite having preserved at least 17 buddhist temples around the country (most of them functioning as museums of ancient Korean history), there is little credibility to the official claims that North Koreans can excercise whichever religion they choose.
North Koreans cleaning the paved road and parks outside the Korean Film Studio in Pyongyang.
An old woman is making sure the grass is neatly cut around the statues of the fallen soldiers buried at the Revolutionary Martyr's Cemetary.
North and South Korean soldiers placed at each side of the border that has divided the Korean peninsula at the 38th parallel North since 1953. With the North and South technically still being at war with each other, the tension at the DMZ crossing is obvious. Nevertheless, the soldiers at both sides have been known to exchange cigarettes and have a decent relationship, according to the North Korean minders.
The mural depicting Kim Il-sung's October 14, 1945-speech can be seen in the background as these three boys are heading towards the Kaesong Youth Park on the national day. The mural marks the moment when the Korean people first got a real look at their liberator and "Eternal President", Kim Il-sung.