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From impoverished farmers facing an uncertain future, to spectacular firework shows and displays of military might: The full spectrum of life in North Korea uncovered in revealing official photos of the country
* North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has declared 2013 will be a year of 'radical' change for the reclusive country
* Images offer a glimpse at rarely seen sides of the shadowy state, from a mass dance practice on the streets of the capital, to child farmers working in the fields
By Kerry Mcdermott
PUBLISHED: 17:51 GMT, 3 January 2013 | UPDATED: 07:32 GMT, 4 January 2013
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These revealing images offer a glimpse at the full spectrum of life in reclusive North Korea, after leader Kim Jong-Un declared it to be a country on the brink of 'radical' change.
The photographs capture a country of stark contrasts, with pictures ranging from fireworks exploding in the skies above Pyongyang during lavish New Year's Eve celebrations, to impoverished children hauling mounds of hay on their back at a farm in South Hwanghae province.
The pictures - which were all taken by state photographers or western photographers under government supervision - also include shots taken on the day North Korea made headlines across the globe with the launch of its Unha-3 rocket in December.
Lavish: Spectators snap pictures on their mobile phones as dazzling fireworks explode in the sky over Pyongyang as part of North Korea's New Year celebrations
In one 29-year-old leader Kim Jong-Un - who vowed to build the country into an economic 'giant' in a New Year's Day speech - is seen puffing on a cigarette at the country's General Satellite and Control Command Center following the launch of the rocket.
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North Korea has insisted the launch was carried out in order to put a satellite into space, but the move drew condemnation from many corners of the international community, with Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague among those to brand the rocket launch as 'provocative'.
The young leader went on to hail the successful launch in a surprise New Year's Day address on state television, during which he outlined plans to boost the impoverished nation's economy through science and technology.
Uncertain future: Farmer O Yong Ae at her home in Sariwon. Under proposed changes farmers at the helm of the country's collective farms would be able to keep a bigger share of their crops
Trapped: Two women appear to be praying inside a gated facility covered with barbed-wire
It has also been said that Kim Jong-Un is planning to allow the country's farmers to keep a larger share of their produce in a bid to boost the country's agricultural output, by giving poverty-stricken farmers an incentive to grow more food.
Under existing rules farmers are required to turn over everything to the state beyond what they are allowed to keep to feed their families.
The 29-year-old also pledged to boost North Korea's military power, an ambition that is evident in displays of might such as the mass rally held on the streets of the capital in the wake of the December rocket launch.
Contrast: Young children are seen carrying mounds of hay on their backs in North Korea's South Hwanghae province
New leader: The country's supreme leader Kim Jong-Un is seen smoking a cigarette at the General Satellite Control and Command Center following North Korea's controversial rocket launch last month
Celebratory mood: War veterans are seen arriving at celebrations held over the summer of 2012 to mark the anniversary of the end of the Korean War on July 27 1953
Military: Celebratory banners are visible at an enormous rally organised to mark North Korea's successful rocket launch in December
Unison: Woman dressed in red practice dance moves and martial arts manoeuvres on a street in the North Korean capital, Pyongyang
Party atmosphere: Revellers in Pyongyang prepare to ring in 2013 at New Year's Eve celebrations in Pyongyang, North Korea
Seldom seen side of North Korea: A teacher in a pink dress walks down the stairs at a nursery school in Sinuiju in December 2012
Placid: Cormorants perch upon a fisherman's boat as he rows across the Yalu River close to Sinuiju, North Korea
Distinctive: A truck powered by a barrel of burning wood stops on a road in Hamhung, North Korea
Watchful: A North Korean soldier is seen standing guard in front of the country's Unha-3 rocket back in April 2012
Education: Students at the Kim Chaek University of Technology in Pyongyang work under the gaze of portraits of North Korea's late leaders, Kim Il Sung, left, and Kim Jong Il, right
Controversy: North Korea said it launched its Unha-3 rocket in December to put a satellite into space, but critics among the international community branded the move 'provocative'
Backdrop: Lit portraits of the country's late leaders are visible behind a female traffic warden standing at a roadside in the fog in Pyongyang
Welcome: North Korea's 29-year-old leader Kim Jong-Un is greeted by female troops on a visit to the Thrice Three-Revolution Red Flag Kamnamu Company under the Korean People's Army Unit 4302
Labour: Workers can be seen carrying out repairs to a ship docked in the Yalu River in North Korea
Helping hand: Children help to push a bus in Pyongyang, North Korea, in September 2012
Reverence: A portrait of Kim Il Sung on the side of a building is lit up in the fading evening light in the North Korean capital
Every day life: Two North Korean woman work side by side in a Pyongyang book shop in December 2012
Murals: A man and a woman stand in front of colourful wall art depicting heroic North Korean soldiers on the road leading from the capital to Sariwon town in North Hwanghae province
Dusk: A woman standing on the bank of the Taedong River admires the view in the evening's fading light in Pyongyang, North Korea
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2256681/North-Korea-The-spectrum-life-reclusive-country-uncovered-revealing-official-photographs.html
* North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has declared 2013 will be a year of 'radical' change for the reclusive country
* Images offer a glimpse at rarely seen sides of the shadowy state, from a mass dance practice on the streets of the capital, to child farmers working in the fields
By Kerry Mcdermott
PUBLISHED: 17:51 GMT, 3 January 2013 | UPDATED: 07:32 GMT, 4 January 2013
Comments (187)
These revealing images offer a glimpse at the full spectrum of life in reclusive North Korea, after leader Kim Jong-Un declared it to be a country on the brink of 'radical' change.
The photographs capture a country of stark contrasts, with pictures ranging from fireworks exploding in the skies above Pyongyang during lavish New Year's Eve celebrations, to impoverished children hauling mounds of hay on their back at a farm in South Hwanghae province.
The pictures - which were all taken by state photographers or western photographers under government supervision - also include shots taken on the day North Korea made headlines across the globe with the launch of its Unha-3 rocket in December.
Lavish: Spectators snap pictures on their mobile phones as dazzling fireworks explode in the sky over Pyongyang as part of North Korea's New Year celebrations
In one 29-year-old leader Kim Jong-Un - who vowed to build the country into an economic 'giant' in a New Year's Day speech - is seen puffing on a cigarette at the country's General Satellite and Control Command Center following the launch of the rocket.
More...
* Speculation mounts that North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has become a father after images emerge of drastically slimmer wife
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2256465/Kim-Jong-Uns-wife-Ri-Sol-Ju-emerges-drastically-slimmer-reportedly-giving-birth-North-Korea.html
* Kim Jong Un makes first TV address by a North Korean leader for 19 years calling for reunification 'without confrontation'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2255709/Kim-Jong-Un-makes-TV-address-North-Korean-leader-19-years-calling-reunification-confrontation.html
North Korea has insisted the launch was carried out in order to put a satellite into space, but the move drew condemnation from many corners of the international community, with Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague among those to brand the rocket launch as 'provocative'.
The young leader went on to hail the successful launch in a surprise New Year's Day address on state television, during which he outlined plans to boost the impoverished nation's economy through science and technology.
Uncertain future: Farmer O Yong Ae at her home in Sariwon. Under proposed changes farmers at the helm of the country's collective farms would be able to keep a bigger share of their crops
Trapped: Two women appear to be praying inside a gated facility covered with barbed-wire
It has also been said that Kim Jong-Un is planning to allow the country's farmers to keep a larger share of their produce in a bid to boost the country's agricultural output, by giving poverty-stricken farmers an incentive to grow more food.
Under existing rules farmers are required to turn over everything to the state beyond what they are allowed to keep to feed their families.
The 29-year-old also pledged to boost North Korea's military power, an ambition that is evident in displays of might such as the mass rally held on the streets of the capital in the wake of the December rocket launch.
Contrast: Young children are seen carrying mounds of hay on their backs in North Korea's South Hwanghae province
New leader: The country's supreme leader Kim Jong-Un is seen smoking a cigarette at the General Satellite Control and Command Center following North Korea's controversial rocket launch last month
Celebratory mood: War veterans are seen arriving at celebrations held over the summer of 2012 to mark the anniversary of the end of the Korean War on July 27 1953
Military: Celebratory banners are visible at an enormous rally organised to mark North Korea's successful rocket launch in December
Unison: Woman dressed in red practice dance moves and martial arts manoeuvres on a street in the North Korean capital, Pyongyang
Party atmosphere: Revellers in Pyongyang prepare to ring in 2013 at New Year's Eve celebrations in Pyongyang, North Korea
Seldom seen side of North Korea: A teacher in a pink dress walks down the stairs at a nursery school in Sinuiju in December 2012
Placid: Cormorants perch upon a fisherman's boat as he rows across the Yalu River close to Sinuiju, North Korea
Distinctive: A truck powered by a barrel of burning wood stops on a road in Hamhung, North Korea
Watchful: A North Korean soldier is seen standing guard in front of the country's Unha-3 rocket back in April 2012
Education: Students at the Kim Chaek University of Technology in Pyongyang work under the gaze of portraits of North Korea's late leaders, Kim Il Sung, left, and Kim Jong Il, right
Controversy: North Korea said it launched its Unha-3 rocket in December to put a satellite into space, but critics among the international community branded the move 'provocative'
Backdrop: Lit portraits of the country's late leaders are visible behind a female traffic warden standing at a roadside in the fog in Pyongyang
Welcome: North Korea's 29-year-old leader Kim Jong-Un is greeted by female troops on a visit to the Thrice Three-Revolution Red Flag Kamnamu Company under the Korean People's Army Unit 4302
Labour: Workers can be seen carrying out repairs to a ship docked in the Yalu River in North Korea
Helping hand: Children help to push a bus in Pyongyang, North Korea, in September 2012
Reverence: A portrait of Kim Il Sung on the side of a building is lit up in the fading evening light in the North Korean capital
Every day life: Two North Korean woman work side by side in a Pyongyang book shop in December 2012
Murals: A man and a woman stand in front of colourful wall art depicting heroic North Korean soldiers on the road leading from the capital to Sariwon town in North Hwanghae province
Dusk: A woman standing on the bank of the Taedong River admires the view in the evening's fading light in Pyongyang, North Korea
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2256681/North-Korea-The-spectrum-life-reclusive-country-uncovered-revealing-official-photographs.html
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