North Korea (by Mike Jolliffe)

Soldiers, pioneers and – far right – a Portsmouth supporter.

Music for the masses.

Traffic lady: she may be a lady but there ain't no traffic….




The Great Leader gazing benignly over Pyongyang.






Monument to the Foundation of the Party, described in a local guidebook as showing "a worker, a cadre and a farmer holding their tools".



Spot the Jock joining in the May Day fun.





The clothes are a giveaway: bright colours indicate ethnic Koreans visiting from China.

USS Pueblo, American spy ship captured in 1968.

Panmunjon, gateway to the south. Seoul is only 60 km beyond the gate but for most North Koreans it may as well be on the moon.

You can step over the border inside the hut – don't try it outside!

Rush hour in Kaesong.

Pyongyang metro.