This story appears in the June 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. There are 25 million people in North Korea, but the only visible portraits are of its leaders. Regular people are rarely ...

(L-R) The national flag of North Korea (Ramhongsaek Konghwagukgi ... the grandeur of the hotel represents the gap between the reality of everyday life for civilians, and what the regime want ...

Yu Hyuk was just nine years old when he started begging on the streets of North Hamgyong, one of the poorest provinces in North Korea ... was just "part of everyday life" for many North Koreans ...

A tourist visited North Korea, capturing daily life snapshots of its residents. The photos depict people at markets, on their way to work and school, alongside beautiful landscapes and unique city ...

Photographer Damir Sagolj has taken a series of compelling images that perfectly capture the surreal world that is daily life in North Korea. Shot from China across the border, the pictures ...