Detail of the mural outside Kim Il Sung stadium. This shows how the people are supposed to look up to the "dear leader"

Arch of Triumph, built in 1982 as a copy of the french Arc de Triomphe

Supporting countries inside the Juche Tower. Australia was represented, as was the USA

Juche Tower, a central landmark in Pyongyang

Mural of President Kim Il Sung next to the fountain park. Murals like this are throughout the country

BBQ beef being cooked on the table

In hindsight this was a dangerous photo to take. We saw lots of North Korean military units throughout our tour and were not permitted to take photos of them (including this one, which I took to give you this perspective). This was inside the War Museum where they were learning about the Korean war, so their soldiers were rather more unfriendly towards us than usual here.

Me in front of a captured US jeep from the Korean War inside the "Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum"

I took this photo at the exact moment that one of our tour members was explaining to our tour guide about the new leader of North Korea. They receive so little information inside the country that tourists are often a more accurate source of information. (at the Monument to Victory in the Victorious Fatherland Liberation War)

The building in front is filled with gifts from leaders worldwide (as happens with all leaders) -- but the korean leadership use it to convince the population of the international support for their regime. (International friendship exhibition -- Kim Jong Il hall)