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There are no product advertisements in North Korea and at first I felt kinda lost, didn't know what was missing. However there are lots of permanent mosaic "banners" like these, which we term propaganda - a different agenda inspired kind of advertisement. Whatever, their presence all serve to change minds, and influence. If you're not careful it might just get to you. #pyongyang #northkorea #mosaic#travel#cityscape

A photo posted by Mindy Tan | +65 Photographer (@mindyshoots) on Jun 26, 2015 at 8:51pm PDT

Street Underpass #pyongyang #everydaydprk #city#northkorea #insidenorthkorea#travel#culture

A photo posted by Mindy Tan | +65 Photographer (@mindyshoots) on Jun 8, 2015 at 8:20pm PDT

Riding the Pyongyang metro, said to be one of the deepest train systems in the world at 360ft underground, modelled after the Moscow metro. #insidenorthkorea #pyongyangmetro #pyongyang #northkorea #everydaydprk #dprk

A photo posted by Mindy Tan | +65 Photographer (@mindyshoots) on Jun 11, 2015 at 8:38pm PDT

Correct me if I'm wrong to make such bold a statement as : Pink is every girl's favorite color, even in North Korea #northkorea #insidenorthkorea #dprk #pyongyang #travel #everydaydprk #pink#schoolgirls

A photo posted by Mindy Tan | +65 Photographer (@mindyshoots) on Jun 17, 2015 at 5:04pm PDT

Bendy #tram #publictransport#insidenorthkorea #pyongyang #everydaydprk #northkorea

A photo posted by Mindy Tan | +65 Photographer (@mindyshoots) on Jun 11, 2015 at 6:59am PDT

Double-decker Bus ride. No matter where your going, how long your journey may be or which mode of transport you use, transport's at flat rate of 5 won for locals. #insidenorthkorea #pyongyang #northkorea #everydaydprk #pyongyangstreet

A photo posted by Mindy Tan | +65 Photographer (@mindyshoots) on Jun 10, 2015 at 6:03am PDT

Now we know they use button-fly. Friendly North Korean inside Pyongyang metro. Hello mister :) #pyongyang #pyongyangmetro#insidenorthkorea #everydaydprk #dprk

A photo posted by Mindy Tan | +65 Photographer (@mindyshoots) on Jun 11, 2015 at 10:40am PDT

Traffic personnel on her way to a shift change, they're stationed at most traffic junctions in Pyongyang, with more women than men on the job, it seems. #dprk #northkorea #trafficlady#everydaydprk #insidenorthkorea#travel

A photo posted by Mindy Tan | +65 Photographer (@mindyshoots) on Jun 9, 2015 at 4:18am PDT

Salesgirl at a store in Pyongyang. Goods here are neatly displayed in glass cabinets, you'll have to ask the salesgirl for anything you need. It's quite an old school style of shopping but after a while you get used to it. I quite like the idea that all commodities are precious over here. #everydaydprk #insidenorthkorea #pyongyang #shopping#northkorea

A photo posted by Mindy Tan | +65 Photographer (@mindyshoots) on Jun 19, 2015 at 6:35am PDT

Sunday's outing- Two ladies participating in social dancing under a pavilion in Moran Hill. 80s time-warp! #everydaydprk #northkorea #pyongyang #travel #insidenorthkorea#mindytan#mindytanphotography

A photo posted by Mindy Tan | +65 Photographer (@mindyshoots) on Jun 14, 2015 at 8:28pm PDT

Woman (probably construction worker) crossing road. Minus the headscarf, reminds of the way our grandmothers dress and still do. There is the rare modern woman in Pyongyang in work dress and heels, and then the peasants going out to the rice fields in the countryside, or the construction or factory workers. On the metro, you'd see them carrying a bag of vegetables instead of supermarket shopping. Since the city is busy in midst of early summer sprucing, they'd also be pushing a log of wood, a solar panel, instead of lugging home bags of new clothes and shoes #everydaydprk #pyongyang #northkorea #insidenorthkorea #street #travel

A photo posted by Mindy Tan | +65 Photographer (@mindyshoots) on Jun 17, 2015 at 7:59am PDT

Avoiding the photographer, not the sun #insidenorthkorea #everydaydprk #northkorea#mountains#travel#mindytanphotography

A photo posted by Mindy Tan | +65 Photographer (@mindyshoots) on Jun 14, 2015 at 9:49am PDT

It's time to go home but these boys are heading out. Where to? Disco in Pyongyang? #insidenorthkorea #everydaydprk #northkorea #pyongyang #travel #street

A photo posted by Mindy Tan | +65 Photographer (@mindyshoots) on Jun 19, 2015 at 4:34pm PDT

One of the few rare Catholic Church services in Pyongyang #dprk #insidenorthkorea #pyongyang#northkorea #everydaydprk

A photo posted by Mindy Tan | +65 Photographer (@mindyshoots) on Jun 11, 2015 at 6:57am PDT

Local boys walking pass the Kim II Sung Parade Square. No they weren't marching, and yes people do love walking together as a group, often in straight lines. It's not uncommon to see women, sometimes men, holding hands on the street - the same way a trip to Little India on Sunday sees Bangladeshi and Indian males holding each other's arms as a sign of brotherhood. #pyongyang #DPRK #northkorea #pyongyangboys#pyongyanglocals

A photo posted by Mindy Tan | +65 Photographer (@mindyshoots) on Jun 7, 2015 at 3:33am PDT

Local convenience store in Pyongyang. Does anyone know what the sign above says? #pyongyang #dprk #northkorea #travel #local#

A photo posted by Mindy Tan | +65 Photographer (@mindyshoots) on Jun 26, 2015 at 7:21am PDT

Midnight in Pyongyang. City centre. View from my room in the popular Koryo Hotel, whose roof caught fire earlier this month. #insidenorthkorea #everydaydprk #northkorea #travel #pyongyang #street #emptystreet#guardiantravelsnaps

A photo posted by Mindy Tan | +65 Photographer (@mindyshoots) on Jun 22, 2015 at 8:23pm PDT

Public Housing, typically 75-90sqm per family of 3 to 4 pax. It comes free - meaning the buildings are state-owned, but provided to the people. A newly married couple is eligible to apply for a new flat. Should they state they would live with parents, they would be allocated a larger flat. Those unhappy with their flats can go to the residents office to submit their names for a 'swap', or if they have special requests to live on lower levels, e.g. if they elderly has movement problems. They may also be upgraded to better apartments if they have made significant contribution to the state. #northkorea #pyongyang #DPRK #apartment #architecture#buildings#apartment#hdbonsteriods#everydaydprk#insidenorthkorea

A photo posted by Mindy Tan | +65 Photographer (@mindyshoots) on Jun 8, 2015 at 7:58pm PDT

View of the river Taedong and the Juche Tower (with flaming top), a monument representing the ruling party's Juche ideology, stating that the individual is "the master of his destiny" and that the North Korean masses act are to act as "masters of the revolution and construction". #DPRK #northkorea #buildings #architecture #pyongyang #sunrisepyongyang#sunrise#cityscape#everydaydprk #insidenorthkorea

A photo posted by Mindy Tan | +65 Photographer (@mindyshoots) on Jun 8, 2015 at 8:03pm PDT

Most buildings on the main street are given a coat of paint, while those with an inner facing typically look like this, with its orginal cement facade. It's the beginning of summer, sprucing up and repair begins #pyongyang #northkorea #everydaydprk #dprk#architecture#socialist#building

A photo posted by Mindy Tan | +65 Photographer (@mindyshoots) on Jun 9, 2015 at 12:41am PDT

Sunrise over Pyongyang. The twin-towered building would be 1985-built Koryo Hotel, the second largest operating hotel in Pyongyang right in the city centre where most tourist would stay, and 10 mins walk from the central train station. #pyongyang#northkorea#dprk#everydaydprk#insidenorthkorea#dprksunrise#cityscape#architecture

A photo posted by Mindy Tan | +65 Photographer (@mindyshoots) on Jun 9, 2015 at 12:34am PDT