The Democratic People's Republic of Korea appears from the river bank in Dandong, China.
A barren landscape in North Hwanghae Province shows few signs of having woken up from winter.
North Korean man waiting for a train, or just hanging out, at the train station in Anju, South Pyongan Province.
Three North Korean passengers on their way to Sinuiju peak through the window as the train to Pyongyang passes by.
Two boys watch curiously as the train from Pyongyang to Sinuiju runs past a small train station in North Pyongan Province.
A man taking a breather in the North Pyongan Province.
A man using oxes to plow the fields near Nampho, South Pyongyan Province. Agricultural activites in North Korea is predominantly carried out through manual labour.
Two young children outside an apartment block in Kaesong, North Hwanghae Province. The city is the country's fifth largest, and houses roughly 300 000 people.
A luxury, vintage car passing through the dusty landscape in North Pyongan Province. Having more roads than cars, the sight of vehicles outside Pyongyang is still very rare.
A young girl holding a boquet of flowers hunches down in Kaesong, South Hwanghae Province.
The four-lane motorway between Pyongyang and Kaesong streches a 100 kilometer through the southern province of North Hwanghae.
There is little resemblance between the simple houses in the countryside and the modern skyscrapers in Pyongyang.
Women using the river in Kaesong, North Hwanghae province, to wash clothes.
A group of North Koreans are gathered outside the gate that leads the tourist buses to the Korean Demilitarized Zone. The DMZ is a buffer zone at the border between North- and South Korea and is home to a few joint business initiatives between the two countries.
View of Kaesong City in North Hwanghae Province close to the South Korean border.
The Chongsan-ri Collective Farm in South Pyongan province is home to many rural workers who make their living in these government operated agricultural farms.
The Chollima Steel Complex was a showcase component in the Chollima movement introduced by Kim Il-sung to "re-energize" North Korea. Today the site is filled with propaganda images, combining steel production and praise for the fatherland.
An elderly woman keeps a watch on three children playing on the streets outside an apartment complex in Kaesong City.
A woman closely surveilling the conveyerbelt of bottles at the mineral water factory near Nampho. According to the propaganda of the officials, the water collected from the nearby well is among the world's absolute purest. The dark green bottles filled with sparkling water clearly shows signs of former lifes as beer, wine or soju-bottles.
A woman in the traditional folk dress Chosŏn-ot crosses the highway that runs between Pyongyang and Kaesong, North Hwanghae Province.