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A Workers' Paradise? - North Korea's guiding principle is known as Juche, a mix of communism and extreme self reliance. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, North Korea's economy hit a crisis leading to massive a famine among the population.…

Secret North Korea - A patient lies in bed in the Pyongyang Maternity Hospital in Pyongyang, North Korea (DPRK) on 21 August 2007.

Secret North Korea - A North Korean military officer touches the nose of a stuffed tiger inside a classroom in Pyongyang, North Korea (DPRK) on 24 August, 2007.

Secret North Korea - A boy plays under pictures of Kim Il-Sung and Kim Jung-Il in nursary and boarding school for children aged two to four in Pyongyang, North Korea (DPRK) on 23 August 2007. Pictures of the two leaders are placed in nearly every…

Secret North Korea - An attendant stands near the tracks as a metro train arrives in the station in the subway of Pyongyang, North Korea (DPRK) on 20 August 2007.

Secret North Korea - Koreans play billiards in Pyongyang, North Korea (DPRK) on 15 August 2007.

Secret North Korea - A guard stands at the entrace of a museum in Pyongyang, North Korea (DPRK) on 21 August 2007.

Secret North Korea - An image of Kim Il-Sung's pistol is diplayed as a mosaic made of 20,000 people holding colored cards during the Ariang Mass Gymnastic in Pyongyang, North Korea (DPRK) on 15 August 2007. 100,000 performers participate in the Mass…

Secret North Korea - Students watch television screens inside the Great People's Study House in Pyongyang, North Korea (DPRK) on 16 August 2007.

Secret North Korea - The barrel of a tank and various diagrams of tank systems decorate a classroom in Pyongyang, North Korea (DPRK) on 24 August, 2007.