Mount Myohyangsan
Mark Mackinnon's journey into North Korea
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Residents of Pyongyang wait for one of the trams that criss-cross the city.Sean Gallagher Photography
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Schoolchildren on the streets of Pyongyang.Sean Gallagher Photography
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A painting inside the Tower of the Juche Idea (east bank of the Taedong River), depicts Mout Paekdu, supposedly the birthplace of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il. 2009Sean Gallagher Photography
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A visitor on top of the Tower of the Juche Idea (east bank of the Taedong River).Sean Gallagher Photography
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A minder watched visitors closely in The Tower of the Juche Idea (east bank of the Taedong River).Sean Gallagher Photography
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A television in the Yanggakdo hotel in central Pyongyang streams constant programming about North Korea's leader Kim Jong-Il (pictures-as child) .Sean Gallagher Photography
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In the Yanggakdo hotel in central Pyongyang books about North Korea's leaders and history are sold to tourists.Sean Gallagher Photography
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On state television, an announce constantly streams propaganda into the homes of North Korean citizens.Sean Gallagher Photography
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Dredging in the Taedong river in central Pyongyang .Sean Gallagher Photography
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A view over the North Korean capital from the Yanggakdo hotel in central Pyongyang.Sean Gallagher Photography
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Retro-architechture inside the Yanggakdo hotel in central Pyongyang which houses virtually all foreign tourists who visit the city.Sean Gallagher Photography
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The Yanggakdo hotel, which houses most foreign tourists in central Pyongyang, seen from the streets of the city.Sean Gallagher Photography
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North Korean flags hang in the streets of the capital.Sean Gallagher Photography
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Pristine forests surroud Mount Myohyangsan in northern North Korea, situated clode to the International Friendship Exhibition (two halls of gifts given to Kim il-Sung and Kim Jong-il) and Pohyun Temple.Sean Gallagher Photography
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North Koreans visit the International Friendship Exhibition (two halls of gifts given to Kim il-Sung and Kim Jong-il) and Pohyun Temple in northern North Korea.Sean Gallagher Photography
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North Koreans visit the International Friendship Exhibition (two halls of gifts given to Kim il-Sung and Kim Jong-il) and Pohyun Temple in northern North Korea.Sean Gallagher Photography
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A North Korean monk in Pohyun Temple in northern North Korea.Sean Gallagher Photography
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A tour guide in Pohyun Temple in northern North Korea.Sean Gallagher Photography
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The games room and bar in a hotel near the International Friendship Exhibition (two halls of gifts given to Kim il-Sung and Kim Jong-il) and Pohyun Temple in northern North Korea.Sean Gallagher Photography
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Due to the lack or petroleum in the country, cars a rare in North Korea. Everyday people are forced to walk almost everywhere. Along the highways of the country, which link it's cities, people can be see walking for miles along the edge of the highway.Sean Gallagher Photography
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A very brief glimpse of daily life is seen in the North Korean countryside from a bus travelling one of the coutry's highways. Tourists are sped through the country, unable to really see true daily life in the country.Sean Gallagher Photography
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A traffic warden on the outskirts of the capital, Pyongyang.Sean Gallagher Photography
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The Arc de Triomphe in central Pyongyang.Sean Gallagher Photography
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A mural depicting Kim Il-Sung inside the "Victorious Fatherland Liberation Museum" (otherwise known as the Korean War Museum).Sean Gallagher Photography
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A tour guide leads visitors through the "Victorious Fatherland Liberation Museum" (otherwise known as the Korean War Museum).Sean Gallagher Photography
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A tour guide presents warplanes in the basement of the "Victorious Fatherland Liberation Museum" (otherwise known as the Korean War Museum).Sean Gallagher Photography
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North Korean warplanes in the basement of the "Victorious Fatherland Liberation Museum" (otherwise known as the Korean War Museum).Sean Gallagher Photography
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Captured American munitions in the basement of the "Victorious Fatherland Liberation Museum" (otherwise known as the Korean War Museum).Sean Gallagher Photography
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A model depicting scenes from the Korean War in the "Victorious Fatherland Liberation Museum" (otherwise known as the Korean War Museum).Sean Gallagher Photography
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The red communist star hangs in the "Victorious Fatherland Liberation Museum" (otherwise known as the Korean War Museum).Sean Gallagher Photography
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The Tower of the Juche Idea (east bank of the Taedong River).Sean Gallagher Photography