A Rare Look Inside North Korea

Rare Pictures from Inside Kim Jong Il's North Korea
Tomas van Houtryve / Panos Pictures

Inside the Hermit Kingdom
A metro train enters a Pyongyang subway station. Photographer van Houtryve took these photos during two visits, in August 2007 and February 2008.

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