Lost World: Scenes From North Korea's Closed Society -- The IndependentA remarkable set of photographs by David Guttenfelder sheds rare light on one of the planet's most isolated and secretive nations.
In Pyongyang, jittery government minders keep a vice-like control over the few journalists who make it inside and discourage them from meeting or photographing its citizens. So the true picture of life in North Korea's capital is in the telling, snatched details of ordinary life.
The empty, multi-lane highway from the city's main airport, traffic cops standing in roads almost devoid of cars; commuters riding in rickety but serviceable underground trains, the unsmiling portraits of the nation's father-and-son dictatorship hanging over each carriage doorway.
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My Comment: A remarkable gallery of photos. The link is here.
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