Banned photos from North Korea

This soldier sleeping in a field



Woman standing in crowd of soldiers. Not supposed to be taken as the army is not allowed to be photographed.



The North Korean army is said to be one of the most important in the world. But if you travel there you'll often see soldiers doing menial tasks like helping farmers.



Outside urban areas, such a scene is fairly common.



Pyongyang's subway system is the deepest in the world as it doubles as a bomb shelter. This one's illegal since it included the tunnel.



North Korean officials hate it when you show poverty



When times are hard (as they usually are) kids can be found working for the farming collectives



Grey market vendors. Make money from selling cigs or sweets



On the day of the Kimjongilia festival, thousands of people must queue up to visit various monuments



Pyongyang is supposed to be the showcase of North Korea and the building exteriors are carefully maintained. When you get a rare chance to look inside the bleak truth becomes apparent



As cars become more common in Pyongyang the peasants are still not used to them. Kids still play in the streets as they did before.



A visit to a rural family home. People who live in them are carefully selected by the government. But sometimes details like a bathroom used as a cistern show that times are hard



Public transportation between main towns is non-existent. You need permits to travel from one place to another. On highways you can spot soldiers hitchhiking



Showing poverty is forbidden but displaying wealth is also taboo. This car was parked in a Pyongyang park on a Sunday. The owners were having a BBQ



It is forbidden to show pics of soldiers relaxing



It's also forbidden to show malnutrition



Pyongyang has 2 supermarkets. Only the elite can shop here



It's not a circus. It's a country with low safety standards



Dolphin show attended by just the army men



Mother and a child sleeping on a bench was forbidden to capture as the guards thought it would display homelessness



People forced to eat grass because of the severe lack of food



A computer room with a lot of computers but almost no electricity



It's absolutely forbidden to take pics of the Kim statue from the back



Lines and lines just to enter a bus



When a bus breaks down



The Pyongyang arts center. In the midst of a regular power outage